P. Jay
Palgrave Macmillan US
e druk, 2014
9781349486960
The Humanities "Crisis" and the Future of Literary Studies
Specificaties
Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US |
e druk, 2014
ISBN13: 9781349486960
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
Demonstrating that the supposed drawbacks of the humanities are in fact their source of practical value, Jay explores current debates about the role of the humanities in higher education, puts them in historical context, and offers humanists and their supporters concrete ways to explain the practical value of a contemporary humanities education.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781349486960
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US
Inhoudsopgave
1. The Humanities Crisis Then and Now 2. Professionalism and Its Discontents 3. Humanism, the Humanities, and Political Correctness 4. Getting to the Core of the Humanities, or Who's Afraid of Gloria Anzaldúa? 5. Aesthetics, Close Reading, Theory, and the Future of Literary Studies 6. The Humanities and the Public Sphere in the Age of the Internet