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"An eloquent work. Somer Brodribb not only gives us a feminist
critique of postmodernism with its masculinist predeterminants in
existentialism, its Freudian footholdings and its Sadean values,
but in the very form and texture of the critique, she literally
creates new discourse in feminist theory. Brodribb has transcended
not only postmodernism but its requirement that we speak in its
voice even when criticizing it. She creates a language that is at
once poetic and powerfully analytical. Her insistent and compelling
radical critique refuses essentialism--from both masculinist
thinkers and their women followers. She demystifies postmodernism
to reveal that it and its antecedents represent yet another mundane
version of patriarchal politics. Ultimately Brodribb returns us to
feminist theory with the message that we must refuse to be
derivative and continue to originate theory and politics from the
condition of women under male domination."
--Kathleen Barry, author of "Female Sexual Slavery"
An iconoclastic work brilliantly undertaken . . . "Nothing
Mat(T)ers" magnificently shows that postmodernism is the cultural
capital of late patriarchy. It is the art of self- display, the
conceit of masculine self and the science of reproductive and
genetic engineering in an ecstatic Nietzschean cycle of
statis."
--Andre Michel
"Nothing Mat(T)ers" encapsulates in its title the valuelessness
of the current academic fad of postmodernism. Somer Brodribb has
written a brave and witty book demolishing the gods and goddesses
of postmodernism by deconstructing their method and de-centering
their subjects and, in the process, has deconstructed
deconstructionism and decentered decentering! Thisis a long-awaited
and much-needed book from a tough- minded, embodied, and
unflinching scholar."
--Janice Raymond
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The Histories (Paperback)
William Jackson Brodribb
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Discovery Miles 1 850
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This brand new Past & Present Companion title is being
published to mark the 150th Anniversary of the lines opening!
Today's South Devon Railway originally ran for nine miles from
Totnes to the ancient stannary town of Ashburton, via Staverton and
Buckfastleigh. It was opened on 1st May 1872. The line never made a
profit and had a quiet life, mainly being used for goods traffic,
such as coal, wool, cider and agricultural goods, and serving the
local population. In November 1958, the line closed to passengers,
freight continuing until 1962. A group of businessmen announced
their intention to run the line, to be named the Dart Valley
Railway, as a tourist line and in 1965 the first rolling stock
arrived. Services between Buckfastleigh and Totnes started in 1969.
In 1971, the line from Buckfastleigh to Ashburton was lost to the
widening of the A38. In 1991, the line was taken over by a
registered charity, the South Devon Railway Trust and renamed the
South Devon Railway, , the name of the first company to run trains
over the line. The volunteer supporting body was similarly renamed
the South Devon Railway Association. The first train under SDR
operation ran on 29th March 1991 with BR(W) pannier tank locomotive
1638 and a rake of former BR coaches, all hired from the Dart
Valley company. Since then the line has expanded enormously,
building a loop at Staverton to enable two train running,
completing the station buildings at Totnes, expanding facilities at
Buckfastleigh, carrying out major civil engineering works on the
line, undertaking major resignalling, including the re-erection of
two historic GWR signal boxes, developing, rebuilding and
maintaining a fleet of historic rolling stock, establishing a
flourishing engineering business, launching a share issue to
purchase the line and, importantly, attracting more and more
visitors to come and visit. In 2007, the line carried over 100,000
passengers for the first time under SDR operation and was named
Heritage Railway of the Year
Lé vi-Strauss tried to convince women that we are spoken,
exchanged like words; Lacan tried to teach women we can’ t speak,
because the phallus is the original signifier; and then Derrida
says that it doesn’ t matter, it’ s just talk.Foucault,
Derrida, Lacan, Nietzsche: the chant resonates through universities
around the world. Have you ever tried to untangle the words of
postmodernist theorists? How to find your way through the labyrinth
to sense and clarity? If so, this is the book for you.
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Roman History
Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb, John Henry Freese
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Roman History
Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb, John Henry Freese
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R849
Discovery Miles 8 490
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