Postmodernism & cultural identities: conflicts and coexistence

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 -- Th...

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Subtitles:Postmodernism and cultural identities
Main Author: Nemoianu, Virgil (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC Catholic University of America Press 2010
In:Year: 2010
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B The Postmodern / Identity / Culture / Philosophy
Further subjects:B Postmodernism
B Culture Philosophy
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Summary: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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0813216842