Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. A New Humanism ix
4. 1. Self, Identity, and Ideas 1
5. 2. Revisiting Derrida, Lacan, and Foucault 20
6. 3. Derrida Gets Medieval 44
7. 4. Imaginary Empires, Real Nations 58
8. 5. Edward Said Spaced Out 74
9. 6. Modernity, What? 93
10. 7. Teachers, Scholars, and the Humanities Today 106
11. 8. Translation Matters 124
12. 9. Can Music Resist? 147
13. 10. The “Cultural Studies Turn” in Brown Studies 167
14. 11. Pulling Up Stakes in Latin/o American Theoretical Claims 192
15. 12. Fugitive Thoughts on Justice and Happiness 213
16. 13. Why Literature Matters 234
17. 14. Interpretation, Interdisciplinarity, and the People 265
18. Notes 279
19. Works Cited 327
20. Index 349