Doing What Comes Naturally: Change, Rhetoric, and the Practice of Theory in Literary & Legal Studies - Couverture souple

Fish, Stanley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0822309955 ISBN 13 : 9780822309956

Editeur : Duke University Press, 1990

Synopsis

In literary theory, the philosophy of law, and the sociology of knowledge, no issue has been more central to current debate than the status of our interpretations. Do they rest on a ground of rationality or are they subjective impositions of a merely personal point of view? In Doing What Comes Naturally, Stanley Fish refuses the dilemma posed by this question and argues that while we can never separate our judgments from the contexts in which they are made, those judgments are nevertheless authoritative and even, in the only way that matters, objective. He thus rejects both the demand for an ahistorical foundation, and the conclusion that in the absence of such a foundation we reside in an indeterminate world. In a succession of provocative and wide-ranging chapters, Fish explores the implications of his position for our understanding of legal, literary, and psychoanalytic interpretation, the nature of professional and institutional culture, and the place of reason in a world that is rhetorical through and through.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In a succession of provocative and wide-ranging chapters, Stanley Fish explores the rational basis of our literary, legal, and psychoanalytic interpretations. He argues that while we can never separate our judgements from the context in which they are made, those judgements are nevertheless authoritative, and in the only way that matters, objective. He explores the implications of his ideas on the nature of professional and institutional culture, on literary theory, the philosophy of law, and the sociology of knowledge, and assesses the place of reason in a rhetorical world.

Revue de presse

'easily the best book of literary theory published in the last few years ... There isn't a drop of jargon in sight ... no one can doubt the brilliance of Fish's writing.' James Wood, Guardian

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Duke University Press
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0822309955
• ISBN 13: 9780822309956
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 624
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