Avant-Garde Cultural Practices in Spain (1914-1936): The Challenge of Modernity

ISBN-13: 9789004310179 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 228 str.

Eduardo Gregori;Juan Herrero-Senes

Opis

This book offers a critical reinterpretation of the Spanish avant-garde, focusing on narrative, transculturality, and intermediality. Narrative, because it prioritizes the analysis of prose over poetry, against the traditional use of critical literature on the subject up to this point. Transculturality, because the Spanish avant-garde simply cannot be understood without the acknowledgement of its multi-linguistic reality and the transnational scope of the experience of Modernism in Europe - of which Spain was an integral yet underexposed component. And intermediality, because the interrelations of painting, photography, film, and literature articulate a correlation and mutual affect among different media, creating a rich cultural tapestry that needs to be addressed. Contributors: Rosa Berland, Jennifer Duprey, Marcos Eymar, Regina Galasso, Eduardo Gregori, Juan Herrero-Senes, John McCulloch, Andres Perez-Simon, Lynn Purkey, Domingo Rodenas de Moya, Evelyn Scaramella and Antonio Saez Delgado.

Spis treści

Foreword
M. Marope
Introduction

Chapter 1: Mindfulness
At One with the Cosmos
Jacobo
The Mindfulness Craze
Views of the Sceptic and the Cynic
Other Avenues for Peace of Mind
Walking and Running
Mind Wandering
The Arts
Schools and the Arts
Three Points
What Did We Do with Jacobo?
Conclusion

Chapter 2: Singularity
Meaning of "Singularity"
Can Human Intelligence by Simulated?
Can Computers Take on a Life of Their Own?
Points Made Thus Far
Educational Responses
Ethical, Consequential STEM
Integrated Technology
Post-Singularity Higher-Order Thinking
Conclusion

Chapter 3: Terrorism
9/11 Onwards
What Is It That Drives People to Become Terrorists and How Can Education Prevent or Reduce It?
How Should the Education We Design for Young People Present the Phenomenon of Terrorism Historically, Politically and Philosophically?
How Do Schools Prepare Young People Psychologically and Spiritually for a World in Which Terrorism Exists?
Conclusion

Chapter 4: Sustainability
Introduction
The Catastrophe of the Environment: What Research Tells Us
Human Responses
Conclusion

Chapter 5: Post-Truth Politics
Zach
What Is Truth?
Postmodernism and Truth: Relativistic Discourses
Historical Revisionism
Propaganda
Contemporary Political Approaches to Truth
Zach Again
Conclusion

Chapter 6: Knowledge
Skills Versus Knowledge
Bloom's Taxonomy Revised ... Again!
The Role of the Teacher
Rote Learning
A Twenty-First Century Education
Sarah
Conclusion

Chapter 7: Character
Discipline
Ethics
Values in Schools
Emotional Intelligence
Bringing the Pieces Together in Character Education
Conclusion

Chapter 8: Conclusion: The Framework
The Purpose of the Framework
Note 1: On Character
Note 2: On STEM Criteria

About the Author

O autorze

Eduardo Gregori (PhD, 2009. Penn State University) is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County. He has published on Modernism and the Spanish avant-garde.

Juan Herrero Senés. Ph.D (2006). Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), is Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has published monographs and articles on the Spanish avant-garde, the interwar novel and translational modernism.