Post-deconstructive subjectivity and history : phenomenology, critical theory, and postcolonial thought / by Aniruddha Chowdhury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chowdhury, Aniruddha.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deconstruction.

Phenomenology.

Postcolonialism.

Critical theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden [Netherlands] : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Post-Deconstructive Subjectivity and History , Aniruddha Chowdhury argues that deconstruction is not only not a dissolution of subject, as it is often opined, but an affirmation of the singular (ethical) subject and singular history, singularity conceived as alterity, difference and non-identity. Part of the emphasis of the singular history is to conceive the historical relation as figural and as one of repletion with difference. One of the distinctive aspects of the book is that it not only focuses on the tradition of phenomenology, but also extends deconstruction to critical theory, and postcolonial theory. Through his intimate reading of the canonical texts of the Continental philosophical tradition (phenomenology and critical theory), and postcolonial thought Chowdhury illuminates pertinent issues in Continental thought, and postcolonial theory.

Contents:

part one. Phenomenology/post-phenomenology, time and subject

part two. Critical theory of history

part three. Postcolonial singular-universal: ethical subject and history.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-26004-8

OCLC:

860711195

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004260047 DOI