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Author:
Aldama, Frederick Luis, 1969-
Title:
Why the humanities matter : a commonsense approach / Frederick Luis Aldama.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
University of Texas Press,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
xiv, 377 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Postmodernism.
Philosophy, Modern--20th century.
Philosophy, Modern--21st century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-348) and index.
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.
ISBN:
0292717989 (cl. : alk. paper)
9780292717985 (cl. : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2008007807
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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