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Textual Conspiracies
James R. Martel
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Description for Textual Conspiracies
Paperback. Engaging political and literary luminaries in an alternative narrative about power Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
In Textual Conspiracies, James R. Martel applies the literary, theological, and philosophical insights of Walter Benjamin to the question of politics and the predicament of the contemporary left. Through the lens of Benjamin’s theories, as influenced by Kafka, of the fetishisation of political symbols and signs, Martel looks at the ways in which various political and literary texts “speak” to each other across the gulf of time and space, thereby creating a “textual conspiracy” that destabilises grand narratives of power and authority and makes the narratives of alternative political communities more apparent.
However, in keeping with Benjamin’s insistence that ... Read more
In Textual Conspiracies, James R. Martel applies the literary, theological, and philosophical insights of Walter Benjamin to the question of politics and the predicament of the contemporary left. Through the lens of Benjamin’s theories, as influenced by Kafka, of the fetishisation of political symbols and signs, Martel looks at the ways in which various political and literary texts “speak” to each other across the gulf of time and space, thereby creating a “textual conspiracy” that destabilises grand narratives of power and authority and makes the narratives of alternative political communities more apparent.
However, in keeping with Benjamin’s insistence that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472035229
SKU
V9780472035229
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About James R. Martel
James R. Martel is Associate Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University, USA.
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