Why the Humanities Matter: A Commonsense Approach
University of Texas Press (2008)
| Abstract | Introduction: a new humanism -- Self, identity, and ideas -- Revisiting Derrida, Lacan, and Foucault -- Derrida gets medieval -- Imaginary empires, real nations -- Edward said spaced out -- Modernity, what? -- Teachers, scholars, and the humanities today -- Translation matters -- Can music resist? -- The "cultural studies turn" in Brown studies -- Pulling up stakes in Latin/o American theoretical claims -- Fugitive thoughts on justice and happiness -- Why literature matters -- Interpretation, interdisciplinarity, and the people. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Postmodernism Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Modern | |||||||||
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| Call number | B831.2.A43 2008 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 9780292717985 0292717989 0292784341 9780292784345 | |||||||||
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