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Author:
Russo, John Paul.
Title:
The future without a past : the humanities in a technological society / John Paul Russo.
Publisher:
University of Missouri Press,
Copyright Date:
c2005
Description:
x, 313 p. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Humanities--Philosophy.
Technology and civilization.
Science and the humanities.
Humanities--Study and teaching (Higher)
Learning and scholarship--History.
Sciences humaines--Philosophie.
Technologie et civilisation.
Sciences et sciences humaines.
Sciences humaines--Étude et enseignement (Supérieur)
Savoir et érudition--Histoire.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-298)and index.
Contents:
The future of the humanities in a technological society -- The great forgetting : library, media center, and Las Vegas -- The circle of knowledge : science and the humanistic curriculum from Petrarch to Trilling -- Belief and sincerity -- The tranquilized poem : the crisis of the new criticism -- The disappearance of the self : contemporary theories of autobiography -- Don Delillo : ethnicity, religion, and the critique of technology.
Summary:
"Argues that technological imperatives like rationalization, universalism, monism, and autonomy have transformed the humanities and altered the relation between humans and nature. Examines technology and its impact on education, historical memory, and technological and literary values in criticism and theory, concluding with an analysis of the fiction of Don DeLillo"--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780826215864 (alk. paper)
0826215866 (alk. paper)
LCCN:
2005002031
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)
PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

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