The Community of Others or What is a Humanist Critique of Empire?

Humanities

Kalpana Rahita Seshadri¹ 

[1] Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA; E-Mail

关键词: humanities relevance;    interdisciplinary;    literature and philosophy;    globalization;    empire;    other;    J.M. Coetzee;    The Age of Iron;    other community;   

DOI  :  10.3390/h3040699

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The essay argues that the perceived waning of the influence of the Humanities (Literature, Continental Philosophy, Art, and Religion) and their irrelevance to contemporary problems of globalization and environmental issues is due to a limited exploration of the notion of interdisciplinarity. The essay suggests that, insofar as contemporary power relations pose a problem for our conception of human-being, the resources offered by the humanities acquire a renewed value and power for thinking through the era of the anthropocene.

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