Face Drawn in Sand - Humanistic Inquiry and Foucault in the Present

Summary

Rey Chow rearticulates the plight of the humanities in the age of global finance and neoliberal mores through a focus on Foucault’s concept “outside.” She foregrounds a nonutilitarian approach, stressing anew the intellectual and pedagogical objectives fundamental to humanistic inquiry.

Product details

• Authors: Rey Chow, Rey (Duke University) Chow, Chow Rey
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.03.2021
• EAN: 9780231188364
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18836-4
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Philosophy, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy & theory of education, Western philosophy from c 1800, Literary theory, Philosophy and theory of education, Education; philosophy; movements