Postmodernism & cultural identities : conflicts and coexistence / / Virgil Nemoianu

• Autore: Nemoianu Virgil
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (407 p.)
• Disciplina: 190
• Soggetto topico: Postmodernism; Culture - Philosophy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Postmodernism & cultural identities
• ISBN: 0-8132-1757-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910975225503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II