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Rethinking Intellectual History: Texts, Contexts, Language
Dominick Lacapra
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Description for Rethinking Intellectual History: Texts, Contexts, Language
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
Dominick LaCapra calls for a new view of intellectual history-one that will revitalize the importance of reading and interpreting significant texts. In ten essays, he reformulates the problem of the relation between the great texts of the Western tradition and their contexts. Seeking to refine context into a concept useful to historical research, LaCapra urges intellectual historians to learn from lessons and developments in contemporary literary criticism and philosophy, fields that have undertaken a radical reassessment of the reading of texts.
Dominick LaCapra calls for a new view of intellectual history-one that will revitalize the importance of reading and interpreting significant texts. In ten essays, he reformulates the problem of the relation between the great texts of the Western tradition and their contexts. Seeking to refine context into a concept useful to historical research, LaCapra urges intellectual historians to learn from lessons and developments in contemporary literary criticism and philosophy, fields that have undertaken a radical reassessment of the reading of texts.
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Condition
New
Weight
485g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801498862
SKU
V9780801498862
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About Dominick Lacapra
Dominick LaCapra is Professor Emeritus of History and Comparative Literature and Bowmar Professor Emeritus of Humanistic Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of many books, including History, Literature, Critical Theory; History and Its Limits: Human, Animal, Violence; and History in Transit: Experience, Identity, Critical Theory.
Reviews for Rethinking Intellectual History: Texts, Contexts, Language
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 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 ... Read more