How do humanists speak for and from the humanities in an academy which values them less and less and market-driven approaches more and more? Jeffrey R. Di Leo provides a thorough critique of the higher education crisis and a set of practical and reasonable remedies for shaping the study and practice of the humanities in the academy of the future.

Autorentext
Jeffrey R. Di Leo is Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Houston-Victoria, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction 1. Corporate Literature 2. Humanities, Inc. 3. Paralogical Inquiry 4. Apocalyptic Fear 5. Critical Affiliations 6. Wrangling with Rank 7. Authorial Prestige 8. The Publishing Market 9. The Junkyard of Ideas Coda