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The humanities in the age of information and post-truth
Title
The humanities in the age of information and post-truth / edited by Ignacio Lopez-Calvo and Christina Lux.
ISBN
9780810139121
081013912X
9780810139138
0810139138
9780810139145
Publication
Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2019.
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
147 pages ; 23 cm
Summary
The Humanities in the Age of Information and Post-Truth is a collection of essays that mount a spirited and rigorous defense of the social function of the humanities in contemporary society--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 21, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: The humanities today / Ignacio Lopez-Calvo
For the humanities / K. Anthony Appiah
Uberizing the university / David Theo Goldberg
Rationality, racism, and imagining social justice / David Palumbo-Liu
Rage and beauty : celebrating complexity, democracy, and the humanities / Robert D. Newman
What kind of humanities do we want or need in the twenty-first century? / David Castillo and William Egginton
The humanities in the world : a field report / Mariet Westermann
Keywords : a refresher on humanism and praxis / Doris Sommer.
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