Rethinking Intellectual History: Texts, Contexts, Language - Hardcover

Lacapra, Dominick

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9780801415876: Rethinking Intellectual History: Texts, Contexts, Language
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 080141587X ISBN 13: 9780801415876
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr, 1983

Synopsis

Discusses the problems of text and context in studying the philosophical writings of Wittgenstein, Ricoeur, Sartre, Jameson, Marx, and Bakhtin

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About the Author

Dominick LaCapra is Professor Emeritus of History atCornell University. He is the author of many books, includingHistory, Literature, Critical Theory;History and Its Limits: Human, Animal, Violence; andHistory in Transit: Experience, Identity, Critical Theory, all from Cornell.

Review

"It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of this work for the intellectual historian, philosopher, or literary theorist―in short for anyone concerned with texts."―Larry Shiner, Sangamon State University, Clio, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1984

"This brilliant collection of essays provides a guide to a remarkable range of figures and issues in current critical debate."―David Jobling, St. Andrew's College, Religious Studies Review, July 1985

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Publisher
Cornell Univ Pr
Publication date
1983
Language
English
ISBN 10 
080141587X
ISBN 13 
9780801415876
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
350
Rating
  • 3.89 out of 5 stars
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