Modern Western biography has become one of the most popular and
most controversial forms of literature. Critics have attacked its
tendency to rely on a strong narrative drive, its focus on a single
person's life and its tendency to delve ever more deeply into that
person's inner, private experience, though these tendencies seem to
have only increased biography's popularity. To date, however,
biography has been a rarely studied literary from. Little serious
attention has been given to the light biographies can shed on
philosophical problems, such as the intertwining of knowledge and
power, or the ways in which we can understand lives, or terms like
'the self'. Should selves be seen as relational or as autonomous?
What of the 'lies and silences' of biographies, the ways in which
embodiment can be ignored? A study of these problems allows
engagement with a range of philosophers and literary theorists,
including Roland Barthes, Lorraine Code, Michel Foucault, Emmanuel
Levinas, Alasdair MacIntyre, Ray Monk, Friedrich Nietzsche, Paul
Ricoeur, Richard Rorty and Charles Taylor. Biography can be a
dangerous art, claiming to know just how you feel'. This book
explores the double-edged nature of biography, looking at what it
reveals about both narratives and selves.
General
Imprint: |
Verlag Peter Lang
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Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
Series: |
European Connections, 12 |
Release date: |
October 2004 |
Authors: |
Susan Tridgell
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Editors: |
Peter Collier
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Dimensions: |
220 x 150 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
234 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-910166-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
3-03-910166-8 |
Barcode: |
9783039101665 |
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