Agency after postmodernism / edited by David Gary Shaw.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shaw, David Gary.

Series:

History and theory. Theme issue ; 40.

History and theory : studies in the philosophy of history. Theme issue ; 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agent (Philosophy).

History--Philosophy.

History.

Postmodernism.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

167 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Middletown, Conn.] : Wesleyan University, 2001.

Contents:

Happy in our chains? : agency and language in the postmodern age / David Gary Shaw

The logic of action : indeterminacy, emotion, and historical narrative / William M. Reddy

Agency in the discursive condition / Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth

Agency, postmodernism, and the causes of change / Michael L. Fitzhugh and William H. Leckie, Jr.

On language, culture, and social action / Miguel A. Cabrera

History, differential inclusions, and narrative / Noël Bonneuil

Between discourse and experience : agency and ideas in the French pre-Revolution / Jay M. Smith

The third man, or, Agency in history, or, Rationality in revolution / Rod Aya

Place and time : on the interplay of historical points of view / David Carr.

Notes:

"History and theory ; v. 40, no. 4."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

48483247