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This book asks what it means to live in a higher educational world continuously tempered by catastrophe. Catastrophe and Higher Education argues that the future of the humanities is tied to the fate of theory as a form of resistance to neoliberalism in higher education.

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This book asks what it means to live in a higher educational world continuously tempered by catastrophe. Many of the resources for response and resistance to catastrophe have long been identified by thinkers ranging from Ralph Waldo Emerson and William James to H. G. Wells and Emanuel Haldeman-Julius. Di Leo posits that hope and resistance are possible if we are willing to resist a form of pessimism that already appears to be drawing us into its arms. Catastrophe and Higher Education argues that the future of the humanities is tied to the fate of theory as a form of resistance to neoliberalism in higher education. It also offers that the fate of the academy may very well be in the hands of humanities scholars who are tasked with either rejecting theory and philosophy in times of catastrophe—or embracing it.

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"It is impossible to understand the politics of higher education outside of its historical and contemporary contexts. Di Leo has written what may be one of the most important books on higher education of the last few decades. Not only is the book beautifully written, it is superbly informative and theoretically ground-breaking. At a time when the concept of catastrophe moves from science fiction to a dystopian reality, this book offers a mix of critique and hope that allows us to rethink, if not reclaim, from the ashes of a pandemic a new understanding of the reality and promise of higher education." -- Henry A. Giroux , Professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest and The Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy, McMaster University, Canada This book asks what it means to live in a higher educational world continuously tempered by catastrophe. Many of the resources for response and resistance to catastrophe have long been identified by thinkers ranging from Ralph Waldo Emerson and William James to H. G. Wells and Emanuel Haldeman-Julius. Di Leo posits that hope and resistance are possible if we are willing to resist a form of pessimism that already appears to be drawing us into its arms. Catastrophe and Higher Education argues that the future of the humanities is tied to the fate of theory as a form of resistance to neoliberalism in higher education. It also offers that the fate of the academy may very well be in the hands of humanities scholars who are tasked with either rejecting theory and philosophy in times of catastrophe--or embracing it.

Author Biography

Jeffrey R. Di Leo is Professor of English and Philosophy at the University of Houston-Victoria, USA. He is founder and editor of symplok", and Executive Director of the Society for Critical Exchange and its Winter Theory Institute. His books include Corporate Humanities in Higher Education (2013) and Higher Education under Late Capitalism (2017).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Education and Catastrophe.- 3. Little Blue Books.- 4. All Publishers are Equal.- 5. Academic Privilege.- 6. The End of Morality.- 7. Post-Literature America.- 8. A Century of Antitheory.- 9. Catastrophic Theory.- 10. Pessimistic Education.- 11. Coda.-

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Engages with recent trends in postcritique and speculative realism Draws on thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, H.G. Wells, and Will Durant as well as contemporary thinkers such as Martha Nussbaum, Henry Giroux, and Rita Felski Written accessibly in a way that bridges philosophy, literary studies, and critical pedagogy

Details ISBN3030624811 Author Jeffrey R. Di Leo Short Title Catastrophe and Higher Education Pages 272 Series Palgrave Studies on Global Policy and Critical Futures in Education Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 3030624811 ISBN-13 9783030624811 Format Paperback Subtitle Neoliberalism, Theory, and the Future of the Humanities DEWEY 378.001 Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition 1st Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Publication Date 2021-12-13 Illustrations 1 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 272 p. 1 illus. UK Release Date 2021-12-13 Edition Description 1st ed. 2020 Alternative 9783030624781 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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