Why the Humanities Matter : : A Commonsense Approach / / Frederick Luis Aldama.
Is there life after postmodernism? Many claim that it sounded the death knell for history, art, ideology, science, possibly all of Western philosophy, and certainly for the concept of reality itself. Responding to essential questions regarding whether the humanities can remain politically and academ...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction. A New Humanism
- 1. Self, Identity, and Ideas
- 2. Revisiting Derrida, Lacan, and Foucault
- 3. Derrida Gets Medieval
- 4. Imaginary Empires, Real Nations
- 5. Edward Said Spaced Out
- 6. Modernity, What?
- 7. Teachers, Scholars, and the Humanities Today
- 8. Translation Matters
- 9. Can Music Resist?
- 10. The “Cultural Studies Turn” in Brown Studies
- 11. Pulling Up Stakes in Latin/o American Theoretical Claims
- 12. Fugitive Thoughts on Justice and Happiness
- 13. Why Literature Matters
- 14. Interpretation, Interdisciplinarity, and the People
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index