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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nemoianu, Virgil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postmodernism.

Culture--Philosophy.

Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8132-1757-1

OCLC:

820011252