Mohanty grounds his critique in readings of some of the major figures of postmodernism, including Paul de Man, Louis Althusser, Fredric Jameson, and Jacques Derrida and analyzes the views of Mikhail Bakhtin, C. S. Peirce, Hilary Putnam, and Richard Rorty, particularly their notions of language and referentiality. Mohanty defends a post-positivist realist conception of objectivity as a legitimate ideal of all inquiry. He outlines a realist theory of social identity and multicultural politics which sees radical moral universalism and cultural diversity as complementary—not competing—ideals.
Mohanty grounds his critique in readings of some of the major figures of postmodernism, including Paul de Man, Louis Althusser, Fredric Jameson, and Jacques Derrida and analyzes the views of Mikhail Bakhtin, C. S. Peirce, Hilary Putnam, and Richard Rorty, particularly their notions of language and referentiality. Mohanty defends a post-positivist realist conception of objectivity as a legitimate ideal of all inquiry. He outlines a realist theory of social identity and multicultural politics which sees radical moral universalism and cultural diversity as complementary—not competing—ideals.
Literary Theory and the Claims of History: Postmodernism, Objectivity, Multicultural Politics
288Literary Theory and the Claims of History: Postmodernism, Objectivity, Multicultural Politics
288Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780801481352 |
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Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
Publication date: | 07/10/1997 |
Pages: | 288 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d) |
Lexile: | 1530L (what's this?) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |