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Why the humanities matter [electronic resource] : a commonsense approach / Frederick Luis Aldama.

By: Aldama, Frederick Luis, 1969-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008Edition: 1st ed.Description: xiv, 377 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Postmodernism | Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century | Philosophy, Modern -- 21st centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 001.3 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.