Why the humanities matter
Subtitle: a commonsense approach
By: Frederick Luis Aldama.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292717985
Subjects: Postmodernism; Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century; Philosophy, Modern -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a new humanism; title: Self, identity, and ideas; title: Revisiting Derrida, Lacan, and Foucault; title: Derrida gets medieval; title: Imaginary empires, real nations; title: Edward said spaced out; title: Modernity, what?; title: Teachers, scholars, and the humanities today; title: Translation matters; title: Can music resist?; title: The "cultural studies turn" in Brown studies; title: Pulling up stakes in Latin/o American theoretical claims; title: Fugitive thoughts on justice and happiness; title: Why literature matters; title: Interpretation, interdisciplinarity, and the people.