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On Paradox - The Claims of Theory (Hardcover)
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In On Paradox literary and legal scholar Elizabeth S. Anker
contends that faith in the logic of paradox has been the
cornerstone of left intellectualism since the second half of the
twentieth century. She attributes the ubiquity of paradox in the
humanities to its appeal as an incisive tool for exposing and
dismantling hierarchies. Tracing the ascent of paradox in theories
of modernity, in rights discourse, in the history of literary
criticism and the linguistic turn, and in the transformation of the
liberal arts in higher education, Anker suggests that paradox not
only generates the very exclusions it critiques but also creates a
disempowering haze of indecision. She shows that reasoning through
paradox has become deeply problematic: it engrains a startling
homogeneity of thought while undercutting the commitment to social
justice that remains a guiding imperative of theory. Rather than
calling for a wholesale abandonment of such reasoning, Anker argues
for an expanded, diversified theory toolkit that can help theorists
escape the seductions and traps of paradox.
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