The Claim of Language
Author | : Christopher Fynsk |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2004 |
ISBN-10 | : 0816644810 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780816644810 |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Claim of Language written by Christopher Fynsk and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The humanities- in their conceptual and intellectual specificity, disciplinary rigor, and ethical, social, and political potential- are very much in need of defense and rearticulation in our time, particularly from a perspective that moves beyond the political and philosophical reductions of identity politics. Leaving aside polemics, Flynn asserts that discourses in the humanities will find real ethical-political purchase when they engage with the material events in art, literature, and social life that call for humanistic reflection.