Worldly acts and sentient things :: the persistence of agency from Stein to DeLillo /

"In Worldly Acts and Sentient Things Robert Chodat exposes a major shortcoming in recent accounts of twentieth-century discourse. What is often seen as the "death" of agency is better described as the displacement of agency onto new and varied entities." "Worldly Acts and Se...

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1. Verfasser: Chodat, Robert, 1970-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
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Zusammenfassung:"In Worldly Acts and Sentient Things Robert Chodat exposes a major shortcoming in recent accounts of twentieth-century discourse. What is often seen as the "death" of agency is better described as the displacement of agency onto new and varied entities." "Worldly Acts and Sentient Things is an engaging blend of philosophy and literary theory for anyone interested in modern and contemporary literature, narrative studies, psychology, ethics, and cognitive science."--Jacket.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 254 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780801462474
0801462479

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