Reinventing Community

Identity and Difference in Late Twentieth-century Philosophy and Literature in French

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Reinventing Community by Jane Hiddlestone, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jane Hiddlestone ISBN: 9781351195737
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: December 2, 2017
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Jane Hiddlestone
ISBN: 9781351195737
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: December 2, 2017
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

"During recent years critics have increasingly expressed their loss of faith in existing cultural and political collective frameworks, drawing attention instead to irreducible singularity and to radical incommensurability between diverse positions or groups. Hiddleston analyses and challenges this trend, bringing together political, theoretical and literary analysis and juxtaposing the works of critical theorists such as Derrida, Lyotard and Nancy with literature by writers of North African immigrant origin. She presents a critique of those writers who underline the absence of communal identification, proposes a new emphasis on relational networks interconnecting diverse cultural groups, and argues for a more subtle understanding of the complex interplay of the singular and the collective in contemporary French writing."

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

"During recent years critics have increasingly expressed their loss of faith in existing cultural and political collective frameworks, drawing attention instead to irreducible singularity and to radical incommensurability between diverse positions or groups. Hiddleston analyses and challenges this trend, bringing together political, theoretical and literary analysis and juxtaposing the works of critical theorists such as Derrida, Lyotard and Nancy with literature by writers of North African immigrant origin. She presents a critique of those writers who underline the absence of communal identification, proposes a new emphasis on relational networks interconnecting diverse cultural groups, and argues for a more subtle understanding of the complex interplay of the singular and the collective in contemporary French writing."

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Early Modern Trading Networks in Europe by Jane Hiddlestone
Cover of the book Mother-Teachers by Jane Hiddlestone
Cover of the book The Routledge Companion to Social Theory by Jane Hiddlestone
Cover of the book The Appearance of Witchcraft by Jane Hiddlestone
Cover of the book Routledge Revivals: Theories of Planning and Spatial Development (1983) by Jane Hiddlestone
Cover of the book Mass Media Effects Research by Jane Hiddlestone
Cover of the book Applied Statistics for the Social and Health Sciences by Jane Hiddlestone
Cover of the book Modernism, Middlebrow and the Literary Canon by Jane Hiddlestone
Cover of the book Lunatic Hospitals in Georgian England, 1750–1830 by Jane Hiddlestone
Cover of the book Inequality by Jane Hiddlestone
Cover of the book Restoring Justice after Large-scale Violent Conflicts by Jane Hiddlestone
Cover of the book The Development of the Japanese Nursing Profession by Jane Hiddlestone
Cover of the book The Wisdom of Lived Experience by Jane Hiddlestone
Cover of the book Reinventing Writing by Jane Hiddlestone
Cover of the book The Power of the Fathers by Jane Hiddlestone
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy