02725nam 2200613 a 450 991082442610332120200520144314.00-8262-6473-5(CKB)1000000000246884(OCoLC)64638596(CaPaEBR)ebrary10097284(SSID)ssj0000160341(PQKBManifestationID)11149170(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000160341(PQKBWorkID)10182315(PQKB)11010052(MiAaPQ)EBC3570848(Au-PeEL)EBL3570848(CaPaEBR)ebr10097284(EXLCZ)99100000000024688420050125d2005 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe future without a past the humanities in a technological society /John Paul Russo1st ed.Columbia University of Missouri Pressc20051 online resource (325 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8262-1586-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-298)and index.The future of the humanities in a technological society -- The great forgetting : library, media center, and Las Vegas -- The circle of knowledge : science and the humanistic curriculum from Petrarch to Trilling -- Belief and sincerity -- The tranquilized poem : the crisis of the new criticism -- The disappearance of the self : contemporary theories of autobiography -- Don Delillo : ethnicity, religion, and the critique of technology."Argues that technological imperatives like rationalization, universalism, monism, and autonomy have transformed the humanities and altered the relation between humans and nature. Examines technology and its impact on education, historical memory, and technological and literary values in criticism and theory, concluding with an analysis of the fiction of Don DeLillo"--Provided by publisher.HumanitiesPhilosophyTechnology and civilizationScience and the humanitiesHumanitiesStudy and teaching (Higher)Learning and scholarshipHistoryHumanitiesPhilosophy.Technology and civilization.Science and the humanities.HumanitiesStudy and teaching (Higher)Learning and scholarshipHistory.001.3/01Russo John Paul163533MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824426103321The future without a past3992200UNINA