Reading the postmodern polity : political theory as textual practice / Michael J. Shapiro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shapiro, Michael J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 177 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offers the first demonstration by a political theorist of how textuality is inherent to political practice.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Language and Power: The Spaces of Critical Interpretation; 2. Politicizing Ulysses: Rationalistic, Critical, and Genealogical Commentaries; 3. Weighing Anchor: Postmodern Journeys from the Life-World; 4. Political Economy and Mimetic Desire in Babette's Feast; 5. American Fictions and Political Culture: DeLillo's Libra and Bellah et al.'s Habits of the Heart; 6. Spatiality and Policy Discourse: Reading the Global City; 7. Strategic Discourse/Discursive Strategy: The Representation of ""Security Policy"" in the Video Age; . The Politics of Fear: DeLillo's Postmodern Burrow 9. Terminations: Elkin's Magic Kingdom and the Politics of Death; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-173) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8388-3

0-8166-1965-4

OCLC:

230204749