"The Shape of the Signifier" is a critique of recent
theory--primarily literary but also cultural and political.
Bringing together previously unconnected strands of Michaels's
thought--from "Against Theory" to "Our America"--it anatomizes
what's fundamentally at stake when we think of literature in terms
of the experience of the reader rather than the intention of the
author, and when we substitute the question of who people are for
the question of what they believe.
With signature virtuosity, Michaels shows how the replacement
of ideological difference (we believe different things) with
identitarian difference (we speak different languages, we have
different bodies and different histories) organizes the thinking of
writers from Richard Rorty to Octavia Butler to Samuel Huntington
to Kathy Acker. He then examines how this shift produces the
narrative logic of texts ranging from Toni Morrison's "Beloved" to
Michael Hardt and Toni Negri's "Empire." As with everything
Michaels writes, "The Shape of the Signifier" is sure to leave
controversy and debate in its wake.
General
Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2006 |
First published: |
2006 |
Authors: |
Walter Benn Michaels
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Dimensions: |
229 x 154 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
224 |
Edition: |
New Ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-12618-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-691-12618-6 |
Barcode: |
9780691126180 |
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