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Critical Theory and the Humanities in the Age of the Alt-Right (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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Critical Theory and the Humanities in the Age of the Alt-Right (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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This edited collection 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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