{"product_id":"conflicting-humanities-paperback","title":"Conflicting Humanities - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRosi Braidotti\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePaul Gilroy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow might we reinvent the humanities? This is the question at the heart of this provocative volume. It is a difficult mission and definitely one which needs to be addressed with increasing urgency. There is no better cast to confront and problematize this question than the contributors to \u003ci\u003eConflicting Humanities. \u003c\/i\u003eThey are world-renowned thinkers who can tackle the problem as researchers and teachers but also as prominent public intellectuals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking the intellectual and political legacies of Edward Said as a point of departure and frame of reference, the contributors - working in a range of disciplinary settings - consider the current condition of humanism and the humanities. Said's definition of the core task of the Humanities as the pursuit of democratic criticism remains more urgent than ever, though it needs to be supplemented by gender, environmental, and anti-racist perspectives as well as by detailed analysis of the necro-political governmentality of our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn innovative piece of scholarship, this volume is committed to the refusal of a world riven by new kinds of warcraft, injustice and exploitation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRosi Braidotti \u003c\/b\u003eis a Philosopher and Distinguished University Professor at Utrecht University as well as director of the Centre for the Humanities in Utrecht, The Netherlands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Gilroy \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of English and American Literature at Kings College London, UK.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717464068159,"sku":"9781474237550","price":66.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/961505bfbb7a9886cf6c2d4a51319eec.webp?v=1765078564","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/conflicting-humanities-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}