| Deconstruction and the 'Unfinished Project of Modernity' Contributor(s): Norris, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415929563 ISBN-13: 9780415929561 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2000 Annotation: Deconstruction has been widely and detrimentally misunderstood. In this provocative new book, Christopher Norris challenges the prevalent idea that deconstruction is merely a more specialized offshoot of postmodernism. Through a close engagement with some key thinkers-among them Derrida, Foucault, de Man, Habermas, Lyotard and Levinas--Norris argues that deconstruction is part of the "unfinished project of modernity"--a project whose interests and values deconstruction upholds by continuing to question them in a spirit of enlightened self-critical inquiry. Assessing the impact of postmodernist thought across a range of disciplines, the book presents a lucid analysis and guide to the problems and prospects of critical theory. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Philosophy | Movements - Deconstruction |
| Dewey: 801.95 |
| LCCN: 00056030 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.07" W x 9.13" (0.87 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic |
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| Publisher Description: Through a close engagement with some key thinkers, Norris argues that deconstruction is part of the "unfinished project of modernity." a project whose interest and values it upholds by continuing to question them in a spirit of enlightened self-critical inquiry. |