| Description |
xx, 332 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. An Argument About Dialogue. 1. Introduction: Language and Democracy. 2. Dialogue with History -- Pt. II. The Matter of History. 3. Bakhtin Myths and Bakhtin History -- Pt. III. Refinements. 4. Language. 5. The Novel. 6. The Public Square as Public Sphere. 7. Fear and Democracy |
| Summary |
"This book makes a radical break with earlier interpretations of Bakhtin's work. Using recent Russian scholarship, Ken Hirschkop explodes many of the myths which have surrounded Bakhtin and his work and lays the ground for a new, more historically acute sense of his achievement. Through a comprehensive reading of Bakhtin's work, Hirschkop demonstrates that his discussion of the philosophy of language, literary history, popular-festive culture, and the phenomenology of everyday life revolved around a lifelong search for a new kind of modern ethical culture. A detailed examination of the major works reveals the careful interweaving of philosophical and historical argument which makes Bakhtin at once so compelling and so frustrating a writer. Hirschkop treats Bakhtin not as a metaphysician or a philosopher for the ages, but as a writer inevitably drawn into the historical conflicts produced by a modernizing and democratizing Europe."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-324) and index |
| Subject |
Bakhtin, M. M. (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich), 1895-1975.
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Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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Criticism -- Political aspects.
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Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
99016106 |
| ISBN |
0198159617 |
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0198159609 paperback |
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