Why the Humanities Matter: A Commonsense Approach

by Frederick Luis Aldama

Book Overview

Is there life after postmodernism? Many claim that it sounded the death knell for history, art, ideology, science, possibly all of Western philosophy, and certainly for the concept of reality itself. Responding to essential questions regarding whether the humanities can remain politically and academically relevant amid this twenty-first-century uncertainty, Why the Humanities Matter offers a guided tour of the modern condition, calling upon thinkers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292725930
• ISBN13: 9780292725935
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 391 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"