Toward a non-humanist humanism : theory after 9/11 /

Toward a non-humanist humanism : theory after 9/11 /

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Author / Creator:	Spanos, William V., author.
Imprint:	Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017] ©2017
Description:	xiii, 188 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Humanism -- 21st century. Civilization, Modern -- 21st century. Civilization, Modern. Humanism.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11375008

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ISBN:	9781438465975 1438465971 9781438465968 1438465963 9781438465982
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	In his book The End of Education: Toward Posthumanism, William V. Spanos critiqued the traditional Western concept of humanism, arguing that its origins are to be found not in ancient Greece's love of truth and wisdom, but in the Roman imperial era, when those Greek values were adapted in the service of imperialism on a deeply rooted, metaphysical level. Returning to that question of humanism in the context of the United States' war on terror in the post-9/11 era, Toward a Non-humanist Humanism points out the dehumanizing dynamics of Western modernity in which the rule of law is increasingly made flexible to defend against threats both real and potential. Spanos considers and assesses the work of thinkers such as Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, Judith Butler, Jacques Rancìere, and Slavoj ̌Zǐzek as humanistic reformers and concludes with an effort to imagine a different kind of humanism-a non-humanist humanism-in which the old binary of friend versus foe gives way to a coming community without ethnic, cultural, or sexual divisions.
Other form:	Online version: Spanos, William V. Toward a non-humanist humanism. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017] 9781438465982
Standard no.:	40027376799

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