Tom Cohen questions the way history, ideology and politics are invoked in contemporary cultural studies. Enlisting the work of three seminal figures in literary theory--Walter Benjamin, Paul de Man, and M. Bakhtin--Cohen argues for a new politics of memory that moves beyond what he sees as our current paralyzing preoccupation with the present, and also for a new approach to the reading and analysis of cultural texts that breaks with the mimetic premises of traditional criticism.
| ISBN-13: | 9780521590488 |
| ISBN-10: | 0521590485 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date: | 1998-10-01 |
| Pages: | 270 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 8.5 Inches, Length: 5.5 Inches, Weight: 1.0802650838 Pounds, Width: 0.75 Inches |
| Author: | Tom Cohen |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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