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- catalog abstract ""Deconstruction has been widely and damagingly misunderstood. In this provocative new book, Christopher Norris challenges the prevalent idea that deconstruction is merely a more specialized philosophical offshoot of those various trends and cultural fashions grouped under the label of 'postmodernism'." "Through a close engagement with some key thinkers - among them Derrida, Foucault, de Man, Hebermas, Lyotard and Levinas - Norris argues that deconstruction is a part of the 'unfinished project of modernity', a project whose interests and values it upholds precisely by continuing to question them in a spirit of enlightened self-critical enquiry." "Assessing the impact of postmodernist thought across a range of disciplines, his book presents a lucid analysis and guide to recent developments in the field. It will be regarded as a main point of reference for students of deconstruction and for those with an interest in the problems and prospects of critical theory."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12240270.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Deconstruction has been widely and damagingly misunderstood. In this provocative new book, Christopher Norris challenges the prevalent idea that deconstruction is merely a more specialized philosophical offshoot of those various trends and cultural fashions grouped under the label of 'postmodernism'." "Through a close engagement with some key thinkers - among them Derrida, Foucault, de Man, Hebermas, Lyotard and Levinas - Norris argues that deconstruction is a part of the 'unfinished project of modernity', a project whose interests and values it upholds precisely by continuing to question them in a spirit of enlightened self-critical enquiry." "Assessing the impact of postmodernist thought across a range of disciplines, his book presents a lucid analysis and guide to recent developments in the field. It will be regarded as a main point of reference for students of deconstruction and for those with an interest in the problems and prospects of critical theory."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Deconstruction versus Postmodernism: epistemology, ethics, aesthetics -- Ch. 2. Postmodern Ethics and the Trouble with Relativism -- Ch. 3. Deconstruction and the 'Unfinished Project of Modernity' -- Ch. 4. Deconstruction, Postmodernism and Philosophy of Science -- Ch. 5. 'The Idea of the University': some interdisciplinary soundings -- Ch. 6. Ethics, Autonomy and Self-Invention: debating Foucault -- Ch. 7. 'The Night in which All Cows are Black': Paul de Man, 'mere reading' and indifference to philosophy -- Ch. 8. Conflict, Compromise or Complementarity: ideas of science in modern literary theory -- Ch. 9. Sexed Equations and Vexed Physicists: the 'two cultures' revisited.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index.".
- catalog extent "240 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0415929555".
- catalog identifier "0415929563 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Routledge,".
- catalog subject "801/.95 21".
- catalog subject "Deconstruction.".
- catalog subject "PN98.D43 N595 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Deconstruction versus Postmodernism: epistemology, ethics, aesthetics -- Ch. 2. Postmodern Ethics and the Trouble with Relativism -- Ch. 3. Deconstruction and the 'Unfinished Project of Modernity' -- Ch. 4. Deconstruction, Postmodernism and Philosophy of Science -- Ch. 5. 'The Idea of the University': some interdisciplinary soundings -- Ch. 6. Ethics, Autonomy and Self-Invention: debating Foucault -- Ch. 7. 'The Night in which All Cows are Black': Paul de Man, 'mere reading' and indifference to philosophy -- Ch. 8. Conflict, Compromise or Complementarity: ideas of science in modern literary theory -- Ch. 9. Sexed Equations and Vexed Physicists: the 'two cultures' revisited.".
- catalog title "Deconstruction and the 'unfinished project of modernity' / Christopher Norris.".
- catalog type "text".