The Case of the Humanities: Questionable References (Odéon)

By: Unknown Author

The latest volume in the interdisciplinary series Od?on, this book brings together French and American literary critics, philosophers, psychoanalysts, and anthropologists such as Stanley Fish, Fran?ois Roustang, Edward Said, Louis Dumont, Edmond Ortigues, Marshall Sahlins, Jean-Fran?ois Lyotard, and Richard Rorty "to examine the conditions of possibility allowing for the transfer and translation of any mode of thought from one culture to another." In essence, the papers address the different ways American and French intellectuals tackle the limitations of current critical approaches in different fields of the humanities. The book raises fundamental questions about critical activity as the vocation of intellectuals, the socio-historical status of the intelligentsia in the United States and France, and the mediating influence of institutional organization. The editors' introduction draws these issues out clearly and directly.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195049551
• ISBN13: 9780195049558
• Release Date: November 2099
• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.