Description: This collection insists on the provisional and contingent formations of the human over time and demonstrates that these formations emerge (and disappear) in different times and places, from the most ancient past to the most contemporary present. The essay
Review Quotes: "This collection is full of readerly joys, both literary and theoretical. Fragments for a History of a Vanishing Humanism will appeal to students and scholars and can be introduced easily into the classroom at the senior undergraduate and graduate levels." --Vin Nardizzi, University of British Columbia