"Plagues and pandemics confront societies with something they often seek to deny, namely that mortality and vulnerability is not just an individual concern. The narratives examined in this book both confirm the desire to avoid this recognition as well as the different ways it asserts itself nevertheless"-- Provided by publisher
A leading theorist on literature and media reveals a new and productive aspect of Benjamin's thought by focusing on the critical suffix -ability that Benjamin so tellingly deploys in his work. The result is an illuminating perspective on Benjamin's thought by way of his language.
This readable, thought-provoking, and multidisciplinary study explores theatrical writings that question the Aristotelian aesthetical-generic conception and seek instead to work with the medium of theatricality itself.
This book investigates the forces that shape and limit interpretive practices. Weber suggests that institutions are never entirely free of the necessity of consolidating their authority through an ambivalent process of reinstituting themselves, a process in which interpretation plays a crucial role. schovat popis