The idea of pure critique / Iain Mackenzie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mackenzie, Iain.

Series:

Tranversals.

Tranversals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism (Philosophy).

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Deleuze, Gilles.

Guattari, Félix, 1930-1992.

Guattari, Félix.

Apathy.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 114 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Continuum, 2004.

Summary:

What is required of the idea of critique if it is to overcome indifference? This question addresses core themes in modern, post-Kantian and European philosophy, challenging theory's resignation in the face of contemporary political and economic formations. If indifference is to be overcome, critique must be demarcated in its purity, as an idea of critique in and of itself. For the idea of critique to become pure we must view critique as the construction of difference -- only pure critique, as the construction of difference, can overcome our current age of indifference.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Kant and the Critique of Indifference 1

Indifference and the Idea of Critique 1

Critique, Totality and Immanence 11

The Return of Indifference 14

Chapter 2 Philosophy as Pure Critique 21

Partial Criticism, Total Critique and Pure Critique 22

Philosophy as Constructivism 28

Philosophy as Pure Critique 36

Chapter 3 Four Problems with Pure Critique 57

Problem 1 The Problem with Ideas 57

Problem 2 The Problem with Creators and Mediators 65

Problem 3 The Problem of Immanence 73

Problem 4 The Problem of Difference 79

Conclusion: The Idea of Pure Critique 89.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0826468063

0826468071

OCLC:

56826761