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The humanities in the age of information and post-truth / edited by Ignacio Lopez-Calvo and Christina Lux

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Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2019
Physical Description
147 pages ; 23 cm
Additional Creators
López-Calvo, Ignacio and Lux, Christina (Christina Anne)

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Contents
Introduction: The humanities today / Ignacio Lopez-Calvo -- For the humanities / K. Anthony Appiah -- Uberizing the university / David Theo Goldberg -- Rationality, racism, and imagining social justice / David Palumbo-Liu -- Rage and beauty : celebrating complexity, democracy, and the humanities / Robert D. Newman -- What kind of humanities do we want or need in the twenty-first century? / David Castillo and William Egginton -- The humanities in the world : a field report / Mariet Westermann -- Keywords : a refresher on humanism and praxis / Doris Sommer.
Summary
The Humanities in the Age of Information and Post-Truth is a collection of essays that mount a spirited and rigorous defense of the social function of the humanities in contemporary society--Provided by publisher.
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9780810139121 paperback alkaline paper
081013912X paperback alkaline paper
9780810139138 hardcover alkaline paper
0810139138 hardcover alkaline paper
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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