Why the Humanities Matter : A Commonsense Approach
By: Aldama, Frederick Luis (Author).
University of Texas Press. Published: 15/08/2008. Audience Guide: Undergraduate.
Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.
"This is one of the most versatile, colloquially written, and philosophically astute readings of the American politics of race and the university that one can find anywhere. In the name of a 'new humanism' based on struggle, Aldama draws (at times humorously) on his experiences as a teacher to give a persuasive account of the self based (of all things) on neuroscience and evolutionary biology. An exciting book." Timothy Brennan, Professor, Departments of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, and English, University of Minnesota Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0292717989/9780292717985
TITLE: Why the Humanities Matter
CONTRIBUTORS: Aldama, Frederick Luis (Author)
IMPRINT: University of Texas Press
PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 15/08/2008
SUBJECT: Education / Reference, Education / Reference, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Studies
PAGES: 400
AUDIENCE GUIDE: Undergraduate
CONTENTS: Introduction. A New Humanism; One. Self, Identity, and Ideas; Two. Revisiting Derrida, Lacan, and Foucault; Three. Derrida Gets Medieval; Four. Imaginary Empires, Real Nations; Five. Edward Said Spaced Out; Six. Modernity, What?; Seven. Teachers, Scholars, and the Humanities Today; Eight. Translation Matters; Nine. Can Music Resist?; Ten. The "Cultural Studies Turn" in Brown Studies; Eleven. Pulling up Stakes in Latin/o American Theoretical Claims; Twelve. Fugitive Thoughts on Justice and Happiness; Thirteen. Why Literature Matters; Fourteen. Interpretation, Interdisciplinarity, and the People; Notes; Works Cited; Index
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