Age of the World Target - Self-Referentiality in War, Theory, and Comparative Work

Informationen zum Autor Rey Chow Klappentext An exploration of the theoretical and political consequences of the post-Enlightenment "self" and of the concept of self-referentiality. Zusammenfassung A theoretical exploration of the connected roles of area studies! poststructuralist theory! and comparative literature in constructing the world as a target for U.S. imperialism Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ix Introduction. European Theory in America 1 I. The Age of the World Target: Atomic Bombs, Alterity, Area Studies 25 II. The Interruption of Referentiality: or, Poststructuralism's Outside 45 III. The Old/New Question of Comparison in Literary Studies: A Post-European Perspective 71 Notes 93 Index 117

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Chow, Rey Chow, Rey Chow
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 05.04.2006
• EAN: 9780822337324
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3732-4
• Pagine: 144
• Dimensioni: 146 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Next Wave Provocations; Next Wave Provocations
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Literaturtheorie, Kulturwissenschaften, Soziale und ethische Themen