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001 2008007807
003 DLC
005 20151126080205.0
008 080221s2008 txu b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2008007807
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020 $a9780292717985 (cl. : alk. paper)
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035 $a(OCoLC)179786739
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050 00 $aB831.2$b.A43 2008
082 00 $a001.3$222
100 1 $aAldama, Frederick Luis,$d1969-
245 10 $aWhy the humanities matter :$ba commonsense approach /$cFrederick Luis Aldama.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aAustin :$bUniversity of Texas Press,$c2008.
300 $axiv, 377 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [327]-348) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 $aPostmodernism.
650 0 $aPhilosophy, Modern$y20th century.
650 0 $aPhilosophy, Modern$y21st century.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0904/2008007807.html