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Book SynopsisExamining the work of writers and artists including Carrie Mae Weems, Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, and Allan deSouza, Kandice Chuh advocates for what she calls “illiberal humanism” as a way to counter the Eurocentric liberal humanism that perpetuates structures of social inequality.
Trade Review“Chuh provides a lucid, polemical, and extraordinarily persuasive proposal for reconceiving the humanities.... It is difficult to come away from
The Difference Aesthetics Makes without feeling that it makes an exceptional contribution to cultural studies in particular and to the humanities at large.” -- Kiron Ward * Journal of American Studies *
“In
The Difference Aesthetics Makes, Kandice Chuh provides a fresh answer to an old question: What if losing the humanities as many have known them does not constitute a crisis? What if, after all, this so-called crisis affords an opportunity for the humanities to be remade?” -- Michele Speitz * Journal Of British Studies *
Table of ContentsPreface xi
Introduction. The Difference Aesthetics Makes 1
1. Knowledge under Cover 26
2. Pedagogies of Liberal Humanism 51
3. Making Sense Otherwise 74
4. Mis/Taken Universals 89
Conclusion. On the Humanities "After Man" 122
Postscript 126
Notes 131
Bibliography 159
Index 175
