Performativity / James Loxley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loxley, James, 1968-

Series:

New critical idiom.

The new critical idiom

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performative (Philosophy).

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Do our writings and our utterances reflect or describe our world, or do they intervene in it? Do they, perhaps, help to make it? If so, how? Within what limits, and with what implications? Contemporary theorists have considered the ways in which the languages we speak might be 'performative' in just this way, and their thinking on the topic has had an important impact on a broad range of academic disciplines.In this accessible introduction to a sometimes complex field, James Loxley:offers a concise and original account of critical debates around the idea of perform

Contents:

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. FROM THE PERFORMATIVE TO THE SPEECH ACT; 2. PHILOSOPHY AND ORDINARY LANGUAGE; 3. A GENERAL THEORY OF SPEECH ACTS; 4. SPEECH ACTS, FICTION AND DECONSTRUCTION; 5. PERFORMATIVITY, ITERABILITY AND POLITICS; 6. BEING PERFORMATIVE; 7. PERFORMATIVITY AND PERFORMANCE THEORY; GLOSSARY; FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-134-33170-3

1-280-64857-0

9786610648573

0-203-39128-4

9780203391280

OCLC:

85770798