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"In this bold interdisciplinary work, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that asceticism has played a major role in shaping Western ideas of the body, writing, ethics, and aesthetics. He suggests that we consider the ascetic as ""the 'cultural' element in culture,"" and presents a close analysis of works by Athanasius, Augustine, Matthias, Grünewald, Nietzsche, Foucault, and other thinkers as proof of the extent of asceticism's resources. Harpham demonstrates the usefulness of his findings by deriving from asceticism a ""discourse of resistance,"" a code of interpretation ultimately more generous and humane than those currently available to us."

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Author:   Geoffrey Galt Harpham
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.30cm
Weight:   0.539kg
ISBN:  

9780226316925

ISBN 10:   0226316920
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   15 February 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Geoffrey Galt Harpham, professor of English at Tulane University, is the author of Getting It Right: Language, Literature and Ethics, also published by the University of Chicago Press, and On the Grotesque: Strategies of Contradiction in Art and Literature.

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