{"product_id":"whats-wrong-with-postmodernism-critical-theory-and-the-ends-of-philosophy-9780801841378","title":"What's Wrong with Postmodernism?: Critical Theory and the Ends of Philosophy","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Norris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 5.89w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801841378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40136287551603,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b3df3959-09ff-4977-91b5-4b3fe10daef8.jpg?v=1654262619","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/whats-wrong-with-postmodernism-critical-theory-and-the-ends-of-philosophy-9780801841378","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}