Author : Christopher Fynsk
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816644810
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Claim of Language by : Christopher Fynsk
Download or read book The Claim of Language written by Christopher Fynsk and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The humanities- in their conceptual and intellectual specificity, disciplinary rigor, and ethical, social, and political potential- are very much in need of defense and rearticulation in our time, particularly from a perspective that moves beyond the political and philosophical reductions of identity politics. Leaving aside polemics, Flynn asserts that discourses in the humanities will find real ethical-political purchase when they engage with the material events in art, literature, and social life that call for humanistic reflection.