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Descent Into Discourse: The Reification of Language and the Writing of Social History
Temple University Press, 1990 Cloth: 978-0-87722-678-9 | Paper: 978-0-87722-720-5 | eISBN: 978-1-4399-0880-8 Library of Congress Classification P41.P35 1990 Dewey Decimal Classification 401.41
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
"Critical theory is no substitute for historical materialism; language is not life." With this statement, Bryan Palmer enters the debate that is now transforming and disrupting a number of academic disciplines, including political science, women’s studies, and history. Focusing on the ways in which literary or critical theory is being promoted within the field of social history, he argues forcefully that the current reliance on poststructuralism—with its reification of discourse and avoidance of the structures of oppression and struggles of resistance—obscures the origins, meanings, and consequences of historical events and processes. Descent into Discourse counters current intellectual fashion with an eloquent argument for the necessity to analyze and appreciate lived experience and the structures of subordination and power in any quest for historical meaning. See other books on: Discourse analysis | Historical materialism | Language | Language and history | Reification See other titles from Temple University Press |
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