Publication subTitle :Literary Studies after Wittgenstein, Austin, and Cavell
Author: Toril Moi
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication year: 2017
E-ISBN: 9780226464589
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780226464305
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780226464442
Subject: B561.59 其他
Keyword: 文学评论、文学欣赏,世界文学
Language: ENG
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Description
Moi first introduces Wittgenstein’s vision of language and theory, which refuses to reduce language to a matter of naming or representation, considers theory’s desire for generality doomed to failure, and brings out the philosophical power of the particular case. Contrasting ordinary language philosophy with dominant strands of Saussurean and post-Saussurean thought, she highlights the former’s originality, critical power, and potential for creative use. Finally, she challenges the belief that good critics always read below the surface, proposing instead an innovative view of texts as expression and action, and of reading as an act of acknowledgment. Intervening in cutting-edge debates while bringing Wittgenstein, Austin, and Cavell to new readers, Revolution of the Ordinary will appeal beyond literary studies to anyone looking for a philosophically serious account of why words matter.
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