Critique of Violence - Between Poststructuralism and Critical Theory (Hardcover)

"Critique of Violence" is a highly original and lucid investigation of the heated controversy between poststructuralism and critical theory. Leading theorist Beatrice Hanssen uses Walter Benjamin's essay "Critique of Violence" as a guide to analyze the contentious debate, shifting the emphasis from struggle to dialogue between the two parties. Regarding the questions of critique and violence as the major meeting points between both traditions, Hanssen positions herself"between" the two in an effort to investigate what critical theory and poststructuralism have to offer each other. In the course of doing so, she assembles imaginative new readings of Benjamin, Arendt, Fanon, and Foucault, and incisively explores the politics of recognition, the violence of language, and the future of feminist theory. This groundbreaking book will be essential reading for all students of continental philosophy, political theory, social studies, and comparative literature.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Warwick Studies in European Philosophy
Release date:	August 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Beatrice Hanssen
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-22339-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-22339-3
Barcode:	9780415223393

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