Reaganism in Literary Theory: Negative Moralism and Hermeneutic Suspicion
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Reaganism in Literary Theory: Negative Moralism and Hermeneutic Suspicion
By (Author) Jeremiah Bowen
Anthem Press
Anthem Press
15th July 2020
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
801.95
Physical Properties
Hardback
214
Width 153mm, Height 229mm, Spine 26mm
454g
Description
An enlightening study that explains how negative moralism shelters professional privilege and competition from scrutiny
Largely erased from disciplinary memory, Paul de Man's replacement of canon with literariness as the object of literary studies preserved a discourse of devotion and disqualification homologous with Reaganism. This negative moralism shelters professional privilege and competition from scrutiny, supported by misrecognitions like hermeneutic suspicion, materiality, and identity politics.
Author Bio
Jeremiah Bowen, PhD is author of Reaganism in Literary Theory: Negative Moralism and Hermeneutic Suspicion and the book-length poems Consolations, and Argument on the Internet, volumes 1 and 2.
