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Theorising Textual Subjects: Agency and Oppression: Literature, Culture, Theory, cartea 21

Autor Meili Steele
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 1997
This book addresses the central crisis in critical theory today: how to theorise the subject as both a construct of oppressive discourse and a dialogical agent. By engaging with a wide range of leading political, philosophical, and critical thinkers - Jameson, Habermas, MacIntyre, Rorty, Taylor, Benhabib, and West are all critiqued - Meili Steele proposes linking language with human agency in order to develop an alternative textual and ethical theory of the subject. Steele shows how constructivist theories of agency fail to account for the ethical implications of the supposed contingency of all contexts, and how dialogical theorists fail to acknowledge the insight of postmodern critiques. Developing this theory through readings of texts that address issues of identity, politics, race, and feminist theory, Steele illustrates that we do not have to choose between an idealised or demonised modernity.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521576796
ISBN-10: 0521576792
Pagini: 234
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Literature, Culture, Theory

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction; 1. Stories of oppression and appeals to freedom; 2. Language, ethics, and subjectivity in the liberal/communitarian debate; 3. Theorising narratives of agency and subjection; 4. Truth, beauty, and goodness in James's The Ambassadors; 5. The subject of democracy in the work of Ralph Ellison; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Recenzii

"With an admirable attention to methodological detail, Steele reviews a formidable array of theorists and the contemporary political/ethical debates thay have generated. Through his suggestive narrative readings he illustrates the relevance of fictional strategies to his presiding concern with agency and its dynamics." John Hopkins University Press
"Meili Steele Theorizing Textual Subjects is an impressive work that attempts to bridge the gap between the concerns of various critical theories....essential reading for anyone intrested in critical thought. American Literature
"...[Steele]...enters fruitfully into a dialogue that has remained static for too long. Theorizing Textual Subject is consequently essential reading for anyone interested in critical thought. ...Steele's ability to formulate and then critique contemporary critical problems makes for a provocative and admirable study." Priscilla Walton, American Literature

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Addresses one of the central crises in critical theory today: how to theorise the subject as both a construct of oppressive discourse and a dialogical agent.