Why the humanities matter
Aldama, Frederick Luis, 1969-
Why the humanities matter a commonsense approach / [electronic resource] : Frederick Luis Aldama. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008. - xiv, 377 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-348) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA870508 bnb
Uk
Postmodernism.
Philosophy, Modern--20th century.
Philosophy, Modern--21st century.
Electronic books.
B831.2 / .A43 2008eb
001.3
Why the humanities matter a commonsense approach / [electronic resource] : Frederick Luis Aldama. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008. - xiv, 377 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-348) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA870508 bnb
Uk
Postmodernism.
Philosophy, Modern--20th century.
Philosophy, Modern--21st century.
Electronic books.
B831.2 / .A43 2008eb
001.3