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Author:   Colin Davis
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9780415316088

ISBN 10:   0415316081
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   30 October 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Impostures of French theory 2 Enlightenment/poststructuralism 3 After knowledge: Lyotard and the postmodern condition 4 After ethics: Levinas without stories 5 After hope: Althusser on reading and self-reading 6 After identity: Kristeva’s life stories 7 Spectres of theory

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Davis reminds us that poststructuralism doesn't spell the death of philosophy or of Western civilization; rather, poststructuralism holds the door open to allow new questions to enter the unfinished project of modernity. -- David Bockoven, Postmodern Culture

"""Davis reminds us that poststructuralism doesn't spell the death of philosophy or of Western civilization; rather, poststructuralism holds the door open to allow new questions to enter the unfinished project of modernity."" -- David Bockoven, Postmodern Culture"

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Colin Davis is Professor of French Studies at the University of Warwick. His publications include Levinas: An Introduction (1996), Ethical Issues in Twentieth-Century French Fiction (2000) and French Fiction in the Mitterrand Years (with Elizabeth Fallaize, 2000).

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