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In the Event
Lloyd Pratt
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Paperback. September 11, the subway bombings in Europe, and Hurricane Katrina occurred in rapid succession. The outsized relationship between their historical significance and chronological span marked these episodes as 'events'. This book focuses on the rise of 'the event' as a form of experience and its re-emergence as a central term in critical theory. Series: Special Issue of Differences. Num Pages: 148 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 363.
September 11, the subway bombings in Europe, and Hurricane Katrina occurred in rapid succession. The outsized relationship between their historical significance and chronological span also marked these episodes as “events.” Focusing on the recent rise of “the event” as a form of experience and its simultaneous reemergence as a central term in critical theory, this special issue of differences links contemporary critical discourse on the event—Badiou, Sewell, Derrida—to long-standing conversations in philosophy, history, literary studies, media studies, and cultural theory. It also indicates how event analysis might begin to provide an analytic framework different from the conventional modes of historicism ... Read more
September 11, the subway bombings in Europe, and Hurricane Katrina occurred in rapid succession. The outsized relationship between their historical significance and chronological span also marked these episodes as “events.” Focusing on the recent rise of “the event” as a form of experience and its simultaneous reemergence as a central term in critical theory, this special issue of differences links contemporary critical discourse on the event—Badiou, Sewell, Derrida—to long-standing conversations in philosophy, history, literary studies, media studies, and cultural theory. It also indicates how event analysis might begin to provide an analytic framework different from the conventional modes of historicism ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
Series
Special Issue of Differences
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822366904
SKU
V9780822366904
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