02212nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10097284 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 050125s2005 mou sb s001 0 eng 2005002031 0826215866 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)64638596 AZ103 .R87 2005eb 001.3/01 22 Russo, John Paul. The future without a past [electronic resource] : the humanities in a technological society / John Paul Russo. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2005. x, 313 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-298)and index. 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. "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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Humanities Philosophy. Technology and civilization. Science and the humanities. Humanities Study and teaching (Higher) Learning and scholarship History. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10097284 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 97492 97492