ISBN-13: 9780198159605
Binding: Paperback
Author: Hirschkop, Kenneth
Details: This book makes a radical break with earlier interpretations of Bakhtins work. Using recent Russian scholarship, Ken Hirschkop explodes many of the myths which have surrounded Bakhtin and his work and lays the ground for a new, more historically acute sense of his achievement. Through a comprehensive reading of Bakhtins work, Hirschkop demonstrates that his discussion of the philosophy of language, literary history, popular festive culture, and the phenomenology of everyday life revolved around a lifelong search for a new kind of modern ethical culture. A detailed examination of the major works reveals the careful interweaving of philosophical and historical argument which makes Bakhtin at once so compelling and so frustrating a writer. Hirschkop treats Bakhtin not as a metaphysician or a philosopher for the ages, but as a writer inevitably drawn into the historical conflicts produced by a modernizing and democratizing Europe. As a consequence, Bakhtin becomes a more sober but
also more original writer, with a striking contribution to make to the definition of the democratic project.
Release Date: 02-03-2000
Package Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
Languages: English
Part Number: 20-01985
Edition: 1
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Number Of Pages: 352
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