| On Humanism: Volume 14 Contributor(s): Weed, Elizabeth (Editor), Rooney, Ellen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0822365820 ISBN-13: 9780822365822 Publisher: Duke University Press OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2003 Annotation: Twentieth-century ideologies, from liberalism to fascism, are rooted in humanism--the faith in the sovereignty of human reason and potential that grew out of Renaissance thought and discovery. This special issue asks if it is true that all vestiges of humanism have been dismantled, or whether humanism has taken on new forms. Have new versions of historical analysis and cultural studies reanimated humanist themes? What is posthumanism? These essays examine relationships among structuralism, poststructuralism, and the subject; explore the challenge of anticolonialist critique to the coherence of antihumanism; reconsider the canon of antihumanists such as Heidegger and Foucault, and broach the intractable problems posed by efforts to comprehend the Holocaust, the camps, and ethnic cleansing. "Contributors," Athena Athanasiou, Etienne Balibar, Mara de Gennaro, Carolyn J. Dean, Brady Thomas Heiner, Lynne Joyrich, Jacques Lezra |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
| Dewey: 144 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.94" W x 9.76" (0.81 lbs) 172 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Twentieth-century ideologies, from liberalism to fascism, are rooted in humanism--the faith in the sovereignty of human reason and potential that grew out of Renaissance thought and discovery. This special issue asks if it is true that all vestiges of humanism have been dismantled, or whether humanism has taken on new forms. Have new versions of historical analysis and cultural studies reanimated humanist themes? What is posthumanism? These essays examine relationships among structuralism, poststructuralism, and the subject; explore the challenge of anticolonialist critique to the coherence of antihumanism; reconsider the canon of antihumanists such as Heidegger and Foucault, and broach the intractable problems posed by efforts to comprehend the Holocaust, the camps, and ethnic cleansing. Contributors. Athena Athanasiou, Etienne Balibar, Mara de Gennaro, Carolyn J. Dean, Brady Thomas Heiner, Lynne Joyrich, Jacques Lezra |