{"product_id":"the-great-dismissal-memoir-of-the-cultural-demolition-derby-2015-22-hardcover","title":"The Great Dismissal: Memoir of the Cultural Demolition Derby, 2015-22 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Sussman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVeteran scholar and critic Henry Sussman deploys anecdote, reportage, and memoir to lament and scrutinize the rise of anti-intellectualism in the past few decades. How are we to reckon with the decline of impartiality and sharp increase in self-interested interference in politic, legal, and cultural spheres; the normalization of pathological narcissism in public life; and the blanket dismissal of scientific findings and their counterparts in the humanities and social sciences?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn retracing his own intellectual and experiential steps, Sussman revisits many of his lasting inspirations, including Walter Benjamin, Jacques Derrida, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Immanuel Kant, and J. Hillis Miller. The result is an intellectual meditation on 'the great dismissal, ' in public and political life, of venerable and vital humanistic traditions, ethics, and ways of thinking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Sussman \u003c\/b\u003eretired in 2017 as Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature at Yale University, USA, after a 45-year teaching career. He is the author of 11 books, including \u003ci\u003eAround the Book\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetic Contract \u003c\/i\u003e(2007), \u003ci\u003ePsyche and Text: The Sublime and the Grandiose in Literature, Psychopathology and Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(1993), and \u003ci\u003eHigh Resolution: Critical Theory and the Problem of Literacy\u003c\/i\u003e (1989). He has edited five volumes, including \u003ci\u003eActs of Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Carol Jacobs (2003). He is the founder and co-editor of the curated, theory-driven weblog, Feedback (www.openhumanitiespress.org\/feedback). Professor Sussman is currently Visiting Professor of German at Rutgers University, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461948981426,"sku":"9781501392290","price":162.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/1fc63a71b5fcdafad0ce2b56eae37e95.webp?v=1778959303","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-great-dismissal-memoir-of-the-cultural-demolition-derby-2015-22-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}