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- catalog abstract ""The author's central theme is the relationship of modernity to the exclusions and repressions that have become central to the modern sense of identity, and which have frequently subverted the liberal, cosmopolitan pretensions of the modern West. He shows how an understanding of modernity is inseparable from an understanding of this 'other' side, these zones of distortion and taboo - the carnivalesque, the 'primitive', madness, nature, sexuality, and aspects of the feminine. These are shown to hold a powerful fascination for the modern imagination, and to provide potent resources for transgression, conflict and nostalgia." "The second main theme is the emergence of transgression itself as central to the modern experience of otherness - the crossing of the boundaries that separate 'us' and 'them', through art, fantasy and the theatrical dimensions of everyday life."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11406875.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""The author's central theme is the relationship of modernity to the exclusions and repressions that have become central to the modern sense of identity, and which have frequently subverted the liberal, cosmopolitan pretensions of the modern West. He shows how an understanding of modernity is inseparable from an understanding of this 'other' side, these zones of distortion and taboo - the carnivalesque, the 'primitive', madness, nature, sexuality, and aspects of the feminine. These are shown to hold a powerful fascination for the modern imagination, and to provide potent resources for transgression, conflict and nostalgia." "The second main theme is the emergence of transgression itself as central to the modern experience of otherness - the crossing of the boundaries that separate 'us' and 'them', through art, fantasy and the theatrical dimensions of everyday life."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. I. The Civilizing Imperative. 1. Carnival Pleasures and the Spectre of Misrule. 2. Manners and Morals: The Civilization of Culture -- pt. II. Modernity and Its Others. 3. Exotic Encounters: Savagery, Civilization and the Imperial Other. 4. The Alienated Mind: Reason and the Exile of Madness. 5. Modernity's Sphinx: Woman as Nature and Culture. 6. The Rape and Romance of 'Nature'. 7. Forbidden Desires: Taboo, Transgression and Sexuality -- pt. III. Continuities, Challenges, Transformations. 8. Blacks, Whites and Hybrids. 9. Postmodern Possibilities: Alienating the Modern?".
- catalog extent "232 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0631211098 (hdbk : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0631211101 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers,".
- catalog subject "909/.0981208 21".
- catalog subject "CB245 .J48 1999".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Modern 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Modern 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Western 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Western 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Difference (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "Difference (Psychology)".
- catalog subject "Modernism (Aesthetics)".
- catalog subject "Modernism (Art)".
- catalog subject "Modernism (Literature)".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. The Civilizing Imperative. 1. Carnival Pleasures and the Spectre of Misrule. 2. Manners and Morals: The Civilization of Culture -- pt. II. Modernity and Its Others. 3. Exotic Encounters: Savagery, Civilization and the Imperial Other. 4. The Alienated Mind: Reason and the Exile of Madness. 5. Modernity's Sphinx: Woman as Nature and Culture. 6. The Rape and Romance of 'Nature'. 7. Forbidden Desires: Taboo, Transgression and Sexuality -- pt. III. Continuities, Challenges, Transformations. 8. Blacks, Whites and Hybrids. 9. Postmodern Possibilities: Alienating the Modern?".
- catalog title "Transgressing the modern : explorations in the western experience of otherness / John Jervis.".
- catalog type "text".