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OverviewIn this original and groundbreaking study, Alan Singer posits ""narrative aesthetics"" as a link between philosophical skepticism about the status of human subjectivity and literary theoretical skepticism about the autonomy of the text. By observing the complementarity between narrative and the aesthetic, Singer argues for the relevance of narrative logic to the critique of post-Cartesian subjectivity.Each chapter juxtaposes a set of philosophical arguments about the dynamics of human agency with a close reading of stylistic innovations in narrative literature. The author focuses on formal innovations that give a strong theoretical warrant for linking narrative to the realm of human action. The book demonstrates aesthetic theory in the works of Aristotle, Baumgarten, Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Sartre, Adorno, and Goodman to be convergent with the goals of social theory espoused in the works of Schutz, Lukács, Althusser, Foucault, and Giddens. This philosophical tradition is traced in texts by Thomas Nashe, Laurence Stern, Henry James, Maurice Blanchot, William Gaddis, and John Ashbery.The Subject as Action concludes by asserting the usefulness of narrative aesthetics in resolving the current conflict between postmodern aestheticists like Jean-François Lyotard and anti-aesthetic communitarian ethicists like Jürgen Habermas, for whom the realms of the aesthetic and the political otherwise remain mutually exclusive possibilities. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alan SingerPublisher: The University of Michigan Press Imprint: The University of Michigan Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.490kg ISBN: 9780472083831ISBN 10: 047208383 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 30 November 1995 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsSinger's work at one stroke stops and reverses narratology's drift of decades away from truly searching inquiry into the place of actions and events in narrative. . . . a rare academic book because it does not cheapen either the demands or the dignity of intellectual labor, and because it fully rewards both. ?--Robert Caserio, University of Utah Singer's work at one stroke stops and reverses narratology's drift of decades away from truly searching inquiry into the place of actions and events in narrative. . . . a rare academic book because it does not cheapen either the demands or the dignity of intellectual labor, and because it fully rewards both. --Robert Caserio, University of Utah """Singer's work at one stroke stops and reverses narratology's drift of decades away from truly searching inquiry into the place of actions and events in narrative. . . . a rare academic book because it does not cheapen either the demands or the dignity of intellectual labor, and because it fully rewards both."" --Robert Caserio, University of Utah" Author InformationAlan Singer is Professor of English, Temple University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |