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Title The humanities in a world upside-down / edited by Ignacio López-Calvo.

Publication Info. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 180 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Intro; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; "They Have Become Turks (Seindt Türkhen Worden)"; An Oasis of Horror in a Desert of Boredom; Another World is Not Possible; "Everything is out of whack"; Gender, Revolution, Marriage, and Politics; Taking the Stage; Guilt Trips; The World Turned Upside-Down; Distorting Natural Boundaries
Summary Following the metaphor of ""the world upside-down, "" this essay collection highlights the importance of the humanities in addressing, along with the sciences, pressing challenges in today's rapidly changing world. Crossing across a variety of disciplines, historical periods, and regions in the world, this volume represents a useful tool for humanities scholars and students exploring the key role of our disciplines in public debates about pressing issues, such as the refugee crisis, climate change denialism, environmental justice, racism, and the current worldwide crisis of democracy. It provid.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Humanities -- History -- 21st century.
Humanities.
History.
Chronological Term 21st century
2000-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author López-Calvo, Ignacio, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Humanities in a world upside-down. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017 152750350X (OCoLC)1013735186
ISBN 9781527512153 (electronic book)
1527512150 (electronic book)
152750350X
9781527503502