Literary Theory and the Claims of History : Postmodernism, Objectivity, Multicultural Politics /

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Drawing on detailed analyses of reference, interpretation, and the nature value, Satya P. Mohanty defends a "postpositivist realist" conception of objectivity as a legitimate ideal of all inquiry. He outlines a realist theory of social identity and multicultural politics, showing why radic...

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Main Author: Mohanty, Satya P. (Satya Prakash), 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Objectiviteit.
Culturele verschillen.
Postmodernisme.
Literatuurtheorie.
Literaturtheorie
Geschichtsbewusstsein
Postmodernism (Literature)
Multiculturalism.
Criticism.
multiculturalism.
Multiculturalisme.
Postmodernisme (Litterature)
Litterature > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique > Theorie, etc.
Critique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Criticism > History > 20th century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Paul de Man, language, and the politics of meaning
  • Reference and the social basis of language
  • The limits of Althusser's poststructuralist Marxism
  • Jameson's Marxist hermeneutics and the need for an adequate epistemology
  • Political criticism and the challenge of otherness
  • On situating objective knowledge
  • Identity, multiculturalism, justice.

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