Critical Theory and the Humanities in the Age of the Alt-Right

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Battista, Christine M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sande, Melissa R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Culture-Study and teaching.; Cultural policy.; Cultural studies.; United States-Politics and government.; Critical theory.; Cultural Theory.; Cultural Policy and Politics.; Cultural Studies.; US Politics.; Critical Theory.

This books 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 ris...