Horace L. Fairlamb

Critical Conditions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examination and revaluation of contemporary theories about the foundations of knowledge and meaning.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 407g
• ISBN-13: 9780521456654
• ISBN-10: 0521456657
• Artikelnr.: 21258549

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Fish's strong conventions: the mind's own world
2. Brave new words: postmoderism on epistemology
3. Theory and/or deconstruction: Derrida slippage
4. Gadamer's universalism: the limits of hermeneutic authority
5. Critical politics: deconstruction for Americans
6. Foucault's microphysical politics: big brother is missing
7. Habermas' neo-formalism: theory as praxis
8. Critical theory and postmodern localism: rebels without a cause
Conclusion.