On Paradox: The Claims of Theory

by Elizabeth S. Anker

Book Overview

In On Paradox literary and legal scholar Elizabeth S. Anker contends that faith in the logic of paradox has been the cornerstone of left intellectualism since the second half of the twentieth century. She attributes the ubiquity of paradox in the humanities to its appeal as an incisive tool for exposing and dismantling hierarchies. Tracing the ascent of paradox in theories of modernity, in rights discourse, in the history of literary criticism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478018976
• ISBN13: 9781478018971
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"