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What's Wrong with Postmodernism?: Critical Theory and the Ends of Philosophy (Parallax)

by Christopher Norris

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Publisher Comments:

In What's Wrong with Postmodernism Norris critiques the "postmodern-pragmatist malaise" of Baudrillard, Fish, Rorty, and Lyotard. In contrast he finds a continuing critical impulse — an "enlightened or emancipatory interest" — in thinkers like Derrida, de Man, Bhaskar, and Habermas. Offering a provocative reassessment of Derrida's influence on modern thinking, Norris attempts to sever the tie between deconstruction and American literary critics who, he argues, favor endless, playful, polysemic interpretation at the expense of systematic argument.

Book News Annotation:

Norris (English, U. of Wales) reassess Derrida's influence on modern thinking, and addresses the politics of deconstruction, the issue of men in feminism, Habermas's quarrel with Derrida, narrative theory as a hermeneutic paradigm, and musical aesthetics in relation to literary theory.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780801841378
Author:
Norris, Christopher
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Location:
Baltimore :
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
Modern
Subject:
Methodology
Subject:
History, Criticism, Surveys
Subject:
Semiotics & Theory
Subject:
Postmodernism
Subject:
History & Surveys - Modern
Subject:
History & Surveys - General
Subject:
Literature -- Philosophy.
Subject:
Literary Criticism : General
Copyright:
1990
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series:
Parallax
Series Volume:
9323
Publication Date:
19901231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
296
Dimensions:
8.97x5.89x.75 in. .98 lbs.
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