| Culture After Humanism: History, Culture, Subjectivity Contributor(s): Chambers, Iain (Author) |
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ISBN: 041524756X ISBN-13: 9780415247566 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $46.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2001 Annotation: "Culture After Humanism" asks what happens to the authority of traditional Western modes of thought in the wake of postcolonial theory. Iain Chambers investigates moments of tension, interruptions which transform our perception of the world and test the limits of language, art and technology. In a series of interlinked discussions, ranging in focus from Susan Sontag's novel"The Volcano Lover" to the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, Jimi Hendrix and Baroque architecture and music, Chambers weaves together a critique of Western humanism, exploring issues of colonization and migration, language and identity. "Culture After Humanism" offers a new approach to cultural history, a 'post-humanist' perspective which challenges our sense of a world in which the subject is sovereign language, the transparent medium of its agency, and truth, the product of reason. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 190.904 |
| LCCN: 2001041843 |
| Series: Comedia |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.2" W x 9.14" (0.81 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Culture After Humanism asks what happens to the authority of traditional western modes of thought in the wake of postmodernist theories of language and identity. Drawing on examples from music, architecture, literature, philosophy and art, Iain Chambers investigates moments of tension, interruptions which transform our perception of the world and test the limits of language, art and technology. |