The future without a past (Record no. 97492)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 02212nam a2200361 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 001.3/01 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Russo, John Paul. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The future without a past |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Columbia : |
| Name of publisher | University of Missouri Press, |
| Year of publication | c2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | x, 313 p. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The future of the humanities in a technological society -- The great forgetting : library, media center, and Las Vegas -- The circle of knowledge : science and the humanistic curriculum from Petrarch to Trilling -- Belief and sincerity -- The tranquilized poem : the crisis of the new criticism -- The disappearance of the self : contemporary theories of autobiography -- Don Delillo : ethnicity, religion, and the critique of technology. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Argues that technological imperatives like rationalization, universalism, monism, and autonomy have transformed the humanities and altered the relation between humans and nature. Examines technology and its impact on education, historical memory, and technological and literary values in criticism and theory, concluding with an analysis of the fiction of Don DeLillo"--Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Humanities |
| Topical Term | Technology and civilization. |
| Topical Term | Science and the humanities. |
| Topical Term | Humanities |
| Topical Term | Learning and scholarship |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10097284 |
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