Situatedness, or, Why We Keep Saying Where We're Coming From

"An exciting work, phenomenally erudite, informative, shrewdly and scrupulously argued, and very attractively written in vivid, non-jargony prose spiked with wry wit. "Situatedness "makes a striking contribution to current debates in humanities and social science scholarship, and it will be a touchstone for theoretical commentary in a range of different fields for a good while to come."--Christopher Herbert, Northwestern University

Sommario

Acknowledgments
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Introduction

1. Self-Affiliation and the Management of Confusion

2. Mitigating Circumstances: Secular Situatedness and the Law

3. With God on Our Side? The Science of Character
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4. Literary Situations, Novel Solutions

5. Reasonable Situations: Philosophy, Biography, and Private Life

6. Lost for Words: Can We Stop Situating Ourselves?

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Info autore

David Simpson is G. B. Needham Fellow and Professor of English at the University of California, Davis. His previous books include The Politics of American English and The Academic Postmodern and the Rule of Literature.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Simpson
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 09.01.2002
• EAN: 9780822328391
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2839-1
• Pagine: 304
• Dimensioni: 154 mm x 230 mm x 21 mm
• Peso: 445 g
• Serie: Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia