{"product_id":"the-difference-aesthetics-makes-on-the-humanities-after-man-9781478000709","title":"The Difference Aesthetics Makes  On the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamining 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Chuh provides a lucid, polemical, and extraordinarily persuasive proposal for reconceiving the humanities.... It is difficult to come away from \u003ci\u003eThe Difference Aesthetics Makes\u003c\/i\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eThe Difference Aesthetics Makes\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. The Difference Aesthetics Makes  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Knowledge under Cover  26\u003cbr\u003e 2. Pedagogies of Liberal Humanism  51\u003cbr\u003e 3. Making Sense Otherwise  74\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mis\/Taken Universals  89\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. On the Humanities \"After Man\"  122\u003cbr\u003e Postscript  126\u003cbr\u003e Notes  131\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  159\u003cbr\u003e Index  175","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408968884567,"sku":"9781478000709","price":70.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478000709.jpg?v=1730504904","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-difference-aesthetics-makes-on-the-humanities-after-man-9781478000709","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}