01929nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10273652 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080221s2008 txu sb s001 0 eng 2008007807 GBA870508 bnb 014626576 Uk 9780292717985 (cl. : alk. paper) 0292717989 (cl. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646793463 B831.2 .A43 2008eb 001.3 22 Aldama, Frederick Luis, 1969- Why the humanities matter [electronic resource] : a commonsense approach / Frederick Luis Aldama. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008. xiv, 377 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-348) and index. Introduction: 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Postmodernism. Philosophy, Modern 20th century. Philosophy, Modern 21st century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10273652 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 6947 6947