Rethinking Intellectual History

Rethinking Intellectual History
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 0801498864
ISBN-13 : 9780801498862
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Book Synopsis Rethinking Intellectual History by : Dominick LaCapra

Download or read book Rethinking Intellectual History written by Dominick LaCapra and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dominick LaCapra calls for a new view of intellectual history--one that will revitalize the importance of reading and interpreting significant texts. In ten essays, he reformulates the problem of the relation between the "great" texts of the Western tradition and their contexts. Seeking to refine "context" into a concept useful to historical research, LaCapra urges intellectual historians to learn from lessons and developments in contemporary literary criticism and philosophy, fields that have undertaken a radical reassessment of the reading of texts.


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