The Abyss of Representation - Marxism and the Postmodern Sublime

"The Abyss of Representation" is an outstanding contribution to a theory of literature and aesthetic philosophy. It is a strong elaboration of the failure inherent in representation and that failure's relevance to a cultural and political theory."--Michael Bernard-Donals, coauthor of "Between Witness and Testimony: The Holocaust and the Limits of Representation"

Sommario

Acknowledgments ix

Abbreviations for Works Cited xi

1. Representation and the Abyss of Subjectivity 1

2. Presentation beyond Representation: Kant and the Limits of Discursive Understanding 22

3. The Speculative Proposition: Hegel and the Drama of Presentation 53

4. Marx’s Key Concept? Althusser and the Darstellung Question 84

5. Figuration and the Sublime Logic of the Real: Jameson’s Libidinal Apparatuses 127

6. The Theater of Figural Space 182

7. Can the Symptom Speak? Hegemony and the Problem of Cultural Representation 235

Notes 295

Bibliography 319

Index 327

Info autore

George Hartley is Associate Professor of English at Ohio University. He is author of Textual Politics and the Language Poets.

Riassunto

Examining how the limitations of representation have been discussed from Kant up through Marxist theorists of postmodernism, this title illuminates the epistemological, political, aesthetic, ideological, and cultural issues hinging on the inevitable failures of representation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: George Hartley, Hartley, George Hartley
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 16.07.2003
• EAN: 9780822331278
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3127-8
• Pagine: 360
• Peso: 635 g
• Illustrazioni: 2 tables, 5 figures
• Serie: Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention; Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva