The humanities in a world upside-down / edited by Ignacio López-Calvo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

López-Calvo, Ignacio, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanities--History--21st century.

Humanities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Following the metaphor of "the world upside-down," this essay collection highlights the importance of the humanities in addressing, along with the sciences, pressing challenges in today's rapidly changing world. Crossing across a variety of disciplines, historical periods, and regions in the world, this volume represents a useful tool for humanities scholars and students exploring the key role of our disciplines in public debates about pressing issues, such as the refugee crisis, climate change denialism, environmental justice, racism, and the current worldwide crisis of democracy. It provides practical examples of how societies throughout the world have historically coped with unexpected and distressing changes in government, core values, axiomatic systems, assumptions, beliefs, ideology, or cultural constructions. The feeling of topsy-turvy consternation as a result of sudden, harrowing change, as is shown here, is not new; rather, it has simply evolved throughout time and space.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

"They Have Become Turks (Seindt Türkhen Worden)"

An Oasis of Horror in a Desert of Boredom

Another World is Not Possible

"Everything is out of whack"

Gender, Revolution, Marriage, and Politics

Taking the Stage

Guilt Trips

The World Turned Upside-Down

Distorting Natural Boundaries.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-1215-0

OCLC:

1044734259