The Originary Hypothesis: A Minimal Proposal for Humanistic Inquiry - Softcover

Katz, Adam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1888570369 ISBN 13: 9781888570366

Publisher: The Davies Group Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

The Originary Hypothesis: A Minimal Proposal for Humanistic Inquiry brings together a series of new essays by collaborators of Eric Gans and Gans himself, that demonstrate the sophistication and applicability of Gans' originary hypothesis as well as its ability to transcend formalistic and narrowly disciplinary approaches to the arts and social sciences. Along with essays reconsidering the origins of Romanticism and its consequences for contemporary politics and popular culture, originary accounts of materialism and Christianity, the book, in a timely manner, addresses the relevance of the originary hypothesis to our post-9/11 world. Perhaps alone among contemporary discourses in critical theory, originary thinking eschews fashionable victimary nihilism, enabling us to reconsider our relation to the sacred center and the modern marketplace.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Davies Group Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1888570369
• ISBN 13: 9781888570366
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 358