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Critical theory and the humanities in the age of the alt-right /

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3030187535

(Number (ISBN

9783030187538

Erroneous ISBN

3030187527

Erroneous ISBN

9783030187521

Title Proper

Critical theory and the humanities in the age of the alt-right /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Christine M. Battista, Melissa R. Sande, editors.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cham, Switzerland :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2019]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

1. Introduction: The State of the Humanities and the Age of the Alt-Right -- 2. "For Every Two Steps Forward, it Often Feels like we Take One Step Back": Foucauldian Historiography and the Current Political Moment -- 3. Cultural Marxism and the Cathedral: Two Alt-Right Perspectives on Critical Theory -- 4. The Right to Anger: Combative Publics -- 5. Herrenvolk Democracy: The Rise of the Alt-Right in Trump's America -- 6. From NeoReactionary Theory to the Alt-Right -- 7. Skepticism, Relativism, and Identity: The Origins of (Pseudo-)Conservatism -- 8. The Materialist Conception of Fiction -- 9. Liberation Through Oppression: Deleuze's Minor Literature and Deterritorialized Nationalisms in James Joyce's Ulysses -- 10. Death by a Thousand Hyperlinks: The Commodification of Communication and Mediated Ideologies -- 11. Critical Race Theory, Transborder Theory, and Code Switching in the Trump Years -- 12. Conclusion: Mining the Past for Usable Futures: The Global Rise of the Alt-Right and the Frankfurt School.

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This books uses critical theory in order to understand the rise of the Alt-Right and the election of Donald Trump - and, in doing so, to assert the necessity and value of various disciplines within the humanities. While neoliberal mainstream culture has expressed shock at the seemingly expeditious rise of the Alt-Right movement and the outcome of the 2016 United States presidential election, a rich tradition of theory may not only explain the occurrence of this "phenomenon," but may also chart an alternative understanding of the movement, revealing the persistence of right-wing populism throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Though the humanities have seen themselves undervalued and under attack in recent years, the historical and cultural contextualization of the current moment via theory is a means of reaffirming the value of the humanities in teaching the ever-important and multifaceted skill of critical literacy. This book re-affirms the humanities, particularly the study of literature, theory, and philosophy, through questions such as how the humanities can help us understand the here and now.

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Springer Nature

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com.springer.onix.9783030187538

Title

Critical theory and the humanities in the age of the alt-right.

International Standard Book Number

9783030187521

Critical theory.

Humanities.

Right-wing extremists.

White supremacy movements.

Critical theory.

Humanities.

Right-wing extremists.

White supremacy movements.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Battista, Christine M.

Sande, Melissa R.

Date of Transaction

20200823090501.0

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[Book]

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