Both a controversial account of the transgressive turn in critical
thought characteristic of the moral turmoil of the Twentieth
Century, and a provocative study of maternal transfiguration in the
author's own turn from Transgression, "Against Transgression" poses
an urgent question for the current generation of literary critics.
Studies the origins of the contemporary proliferation of
'Transgression' in the compelling thought experiments of Georges
Bataille, and follows its inauguration as a mode of legitimate
critical practice via Michel Foucault.
Tracks the author's rejection of Transgression as a legitimate
critical methodology following her mother's death and her own
maternal transfiguration.
Shows how the po-faced claims of critical methodology can be
exploded by genuinely personal reflection.
Considers the place of grief in the transformation of thought.
Argues against the model of the 'death of god' that underpins the
transgressive turn in critical thought, and for a more courageous
account of the inevitable return of numinous desires.
Considers the moral responsibility of the critical writer.
Traces the transfiguration of the author from transgressive
daughter to maternal agent.
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