TY  - BOOK
AU  - Russo,John Paul
TI  - The future without a past: The humanities in a technological society 
SN  - 0826215866 (alk. paper)
U1  - 001.3/01 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Columbia
PB  - University of Missouri Press
KW  - Humanities
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Technology and civilization
KW  - Science and the humanities
KW  - Study and teaching (Higher)
KW  - Learning and scholarship
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliogr. references (p. 243-298)and index; The future of the humanities in a technological society -- The great forgetting : library, media center, and Las Vegas -- The circle of knowledge : science and the humanistic curriculum from Petrarch to Trilling -- Belief and sincerity -- The tranquilized poem : the crisis of the new criticism -- The disappearance of the self : contemporary theories of autobiography -- Don Delillo : ethnicity, religion, and the critique of technology
N2  - "Argues that technological imperatives like rationalization, universalism, monism, and autonomy have transformed the humanities and altered the relation between humans and nature. Examines technology and its impact on education, historical memory, and technological and literary values in criticism and theory, concluding with an analysis of the fiction of Don DeLillo" - Provided by publisher
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip056/2005002031.html
ER  -