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The contest of faculties : philosophy and theory after deconstruction /

This Routledge Revival, first published in 1985, gives detailed attention to the bearing of literary theory on questions of truth, meaning and reference. On the one hand, deconstruction brings a vigilant awareness of the figural and narrative tropes that make up the discourse of philosophic reason....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Norris, Christopher, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Colección:Routledge revivals.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyright02; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: philosophy, theory and the 'contest of faculties'; 1 Narrative theory or theory-as-narrative: the politics of 'post-modern' reason; 2 Sense, reference and logic: a critique of post-structuralist theory; 3 Some versions of rhetoric: Empson and de Man; 4 Transcendent fictions: imaginary discourse in Descartes and Husserl; 5 Aesthetics and politics: reading Roger Scruton; 6 Philosophy as a kind of narrative: Rorty on post-modern liberal culture; 7 Suspended sentences: textual theory and the Law
  • 8 On not going relativist (where it counts): deconstruction and 'Convention T'9 Conclusion; Notes; Index