{"product_id":"whats-wrong-with-postmodernism-critical-theory-and-the-ends-of-philosophy-paperback","title":"What's Wrong with Postmodernism?: Critical Theory and the Ends of Philosophy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Norris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhat's Wrong with Postmodernism\u003c\/i\u003e Norris critiques the \"postmodern-pragmatist malaise\" of Baudrillard, Fish, Rorty, and Lyotard. In contrast he finds a continuing critical impulse--an \"enlightened or emancipatory interest\"--in thinkers like Derrida, de Man, Bhaskar, and Habermas. Offering a provocative reassessment of Derrida's influence on modern thinking, Norris attempts to sever the tie between deconstruction and American literary critics who, he argues, favor endless, playful, polysemic interpretation at the expense of systematic argument. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he explores leftist attempts to arrive at an accommodation with postmodernism, Norris addresses the politics of deconstruction, the issue of men in feminism, Habermas' quarrel with Derrida, narrative theory as a hermeneutic paradigm, musical aesthetics in relation to literary theory, and various aspects of postmodern debate. A chapter on Stanley Fish brings several of these topics together and offers a generalized statement on the function of current criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Norris \u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at the University of Wales at Cardiff. He is the author of many books including \u003ci\u003eThe Deconstructive Turn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpinoza and the Origins of Modern Critical Theory\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.97 x 5.89 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131379519623,"sku":"9780801841378","price":49.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c68ca527fbb11681fb5b85b640056a5b.webp?v=1732618502","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/whats-wrong-with-postmodernism-critical-theory-and-the-ends-of-philosophy-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}