02858nam 2200565 a 450 991097522550332120251117092908.00-8132-1757-1(CKB)2670000000310146(EBL)3135004(SSID)ssj0000803097(PQKBManifestationID)11488879(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000803097(PQKBWorkID)10804508(PQKB)10993577(OCoLC)820011252(MdBmJHUP)muse24209(Au-PeEL)EBL3135004(CaPaEBR)ebr10642470(OCoLC)922996886(MiAaPQ)EBC3135004(EXLCZ)99267000000031014620090728d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPostmodernism & cultural identities conflicts and coexistence /Virgil Nemoianu1st ed.Washington, D.C. Catholic University of America Pressc20101 online resource (407 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8132-1684-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.General cultural values -- Philosophy of culture in the present age -- Does postmodernism have a substance? -- Leibniz, Vico, and alternative modernities -- Conservatism as a branch of liberalism -- Christian democracy and subsidiarity in the world -- Christian martyrdom and Christian humanism -- The insertion of religion : the model of Benedict and Habermas -- Pieper, hope, imperfection, and literature -- General literary values -- Globalism, multiculturalism, and comparative literature -- Teaching literature from a Catholic angle -- Literary canons and social value options -- The argument from variety -- The argument from persecution -- The argument from practicality -- The argument from opposition -- The argument from defeat -- Specific applicative examples -- Following the classics : layers of stylistic mimesis -- Reinventing Romanticism or nineteenth-century Kitsch? -- Ernst Jünger, distance, proximity, and transfer of cultural values -- Epilogue -- A philosophical garden.Virgil Nemoianu's book starts from the assumption that, whether we like it or not, we live in a postmodern environment, one characterized by turbulence, fluidity, relativity, commotion, uncertainty, and lightning-fast communication and change.PostmodernismCulturePhilosophyPostmodernism.CulturePhilosophy.190Nemoianu Virgil911245MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910975225503321Postmodernism & cultural identities4459272UNINA