Автор: Bowker Название: Rethinking the Politics of Absurdity ISBN: 1138191442 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138191440 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
What does it mean to describe something or someone as absurd? Why did absurd philosophy and literature become so popular amidst the violent conflicts and terrors of the mid- to late-twentieth century? Is it possible to understand absurdity not as a feature of events, but as a psychological posture or stance? If so, what are the objectives, dynamics, and repercussions of the absurd stance? And in what ways has the absurd stance continued to shape postmodern thought and contemporary culture?
In Rethinking the Politics of Absurdity, Matthew H. Bowker offers a surprising account of absurdity as a widespread endeavor to make parts of our experience meaningless. In the last century, he argues, fears about subjects' destructive desires have combined with fears about rationality in a way that has made the absurd stance seem attractive. Drawing upon diverse sources from philosophy, literature, politics, psychoanalysis, theology, and contemporary culture, Bowker identifies the absurd effort to make aspects of our histories, our selves, and our public projects meaningless with postmodern revolts against reason and subjectivity. Weaving together analyses of the work of Albert Camus, Georges Bataille, Judith Butler, Emmanuel Levinas, and others with interview data and popular narratives of apocalypse and survival, Bowker shows that the absurd stance and the postmodern revolt invite a kind of bargain, in which meaning is sacrificed in exchange for the survival of innocence. Bowker asks us to consider that the very premise of this bargain is false: that ethical subjects and healthy communities cannot be created in absurdity. Instead, we must make meaningful even the most shocking losses, terrors, and destructive powers with which we live.
Bowker's book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in the fields of political science, philosophy, literature, psychoanalysis, sociology, and cultural studies.
Автор: A. Saunders; D. Pinfold Название: Remembering and Rethinking the GDR ISBN: 1349347922 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349347926 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 6986.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Exploring the ways in which the GDR has been remembered since its demise in 1989/90, this volume asks how memory of the former state continues to shape contemporary Germany. Its contributors offer multiple perspectives on the GDR and offer new insights into the complex relationship between past and present.
Автор: J. Grossman Название: Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir ISBN: 1349313343 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349313341 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 5309.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In the context of nineteenth-century Victorinoir and close readings of original-cycle film noir, Julie Grossman argues that the presence of the "femme fatale" figure, as she is understood in film criticism and popular culture, is drastically over-emphasized and has helped to sustain cultural obsessions with "bad" women.
Автор: John Gardner Название: Rethinking the Clinical Gaze ISBN: 3319532693 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319532691 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book draws on medical sociology and science and technology studies to develop a novel conceptual framework for understanding innovation processes, using the case study of deep brain stimulation in paediatric neurology.
Автор: Ghai Название: Rethinking Disability in India ISBN: 113802029X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138020290 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 23734.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Moving away from clinical, medical or therapeutic perspectives on disability, this book explores disability in India as a social, cultural and political phenomenon, arguing that this `difference` should be accepted as a part of social diversity.
Автор: John C. Welchman Название: Rethinking Borders ISBN: 0333565800 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333565803 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20962.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: It develops important contexts in art and architectural theory, contemporary film-making, criticism and cultural politics, for the proliferation of `border theories` and `border practices` that have marked a new stage in the debates over postmodernism, cultural studies and postcolonialism.
Автор: Shuayb Название: Rethinking Education for Social Cohesion ISBN: 023030026X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230300262 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book addresses current debates in the field of social cohesion. It examines the ethics and policy making of social cohesion and explores various means for promoting social cohesion including history education, citizenship education, language, human rights based teacher training and school partnerships.
Автор: Burns Название: Rethinking the Age of Reform ISBN: 0521823943 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521823944 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 16632.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book revisits Britain`s much-studied `age of reform`, before and after the Great Reform Act of 1832, showing that `reformers` hoped to reform not only parliament, government, the law and the Church but also, for example, medicine and the theatre. A substantial introduction provides an overview of the period.
Автор: M. Naughton Название: Rethinking Miscarriages of Justice ISBN: 1349285358 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349285358 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 3772.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Drawing on Foucauldian theory and `social harm` paradigms, Naughton offers a radical redefinition of miscarriages of justice from a critical perspective. This book uncovers the limits of the entire criminal justice process and challenges the dominant perception that miscarriages of justices are rare and exceptional cases of wrongful imprisonment.
Автор: Jessica Noske-Turner Название: Rethinking Media Development through Evaluation ISBN: 3319585673 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319585673 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11878.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book argues for an overhaul of the way media assistance is evaluated, and explores how new thinking about evaluation can reinforce the shifts towards better media development.
Автор: A. Achera?ou Название: Rethinking Postcolonialism ISBN: 1349362646 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349362646 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Acheraiou challenges postcolonial discourse analysis and proposes a new model of interpretation that resituates the historical, ideological and conceptual denseness of the Colonial idea. He questions key issues, including hybridity, Otherness and territoriality, and expands the postcolonial field by introducing ground-breaking theoretical concepts.
Автор: Lesnik-Oberstein Название: Rethinking Disability Theory and Practice ISBN: 1137456965 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137456960 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 10760.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Drawing from work in a wide range of fields, this book presents novel approaches to key debates in thinking about and defining disability. Differing from other works in Critical Disability Studies, it crucially demonstrates the consequences of radically rethinking the roles of language and perspective in constructing identities.
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