The Humanities and the Dream of America

by Geoffrey Galt Harpham

Book Overview

In this bracing and original book, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that today's humanities are an invention of the American academy in the years following World War II, when they were first conceived as an expression of American culture and an instrument of American national interests. The humanities portray a "dream of America" in two senses: they represent an aspiration of Americans since the first days of the Republic for a state so secure and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226316998
• ISBN13: 9780226316994
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.3"