The Community of Others or What is a Humanist Critique of Empire?
The essay argues that the perceived waning of the influence of the Humanities (Literature, Continental Philosophy, Art, and Religion) and their irrelevance to contemporary problems of globalization and environmental issues is due to a limited exploration of the notion of interdisciplinarity. The ess...
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doaj-219b166aa8d745759763e89fae060eac2020-11-24T21:54:36ZengMDPI AGHumanities2076-07872014-12-013469971010.3390/h3040699h3040699The Community of Others or What is a Humanist Critique of Empire?Kalpana Rahita Seshadri0Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USAThe essay argues that the perceived waning of the influence of the Humanities (Literature, Continental Philosophy, Art, and Religion) and their irrelevance to contemporary problems of globalization and environmental issues is due to a limited exploration of the notion of interdisciplinarity. The essay suggests that, insofar as contemporary power relations pose a problem for our conception of human-being, the resources offered by the humanities acquire a renewed value and power for thinking through the era of the anthropocene.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/3/4/699humanities relevanceinterdisciplinaryliterature and philosophyglobalizationempireotherJ.M. CoetzeeThe Age of Ironother community |
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The essay argues that the perceived waning of the influence of the Humanities (Literature, Continental Philosophy, Art, and Religion) and their irrelevance to contemporary problems of globalization and environmental issues is due to a limited exploration of the notion of interdisciplinarity. The essay suggests that, insofar as contemporary power relations pose a problem for our conception of human-being, the resources offered by the humanities acquire a renewed value and power for thinking through the era of the anthropocene. |
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