01535cmm a2200265 4500 214799576 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 090219s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780292793972 electronic bk. 0292793979 electronic bk. (OCoLC)309871467 N$T eng N$T YDXCP OCLCQ TxAuBib Aldama, Frederick Luis, 1969- Why the humanities matter [electronic resource] : a commonsense approach / Frederick Luis Aldama. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008. 1 online resource (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. Postmodernism. Philosophy, Modern 20th century. Philosophy, Modern 21st century. Electronic books. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=252294 EBSCOhost