Against Transgression

von Ashley Tauchert

160 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Both a controversial account of the transgressive turn in critical thought characteristic of the moral turmoil of the Twentieth Century, and a provocative study of maternal transfiguration in the author's own turn from Transgression, Against Transgression poses an urgent question for the current generation of literary critics. - Studies the origins of the contemporary proliferation of 'Transgression' in the compelling thought experiments of Georges Bataille, and follows its inauguration as a mode of legitimate critical practice via Michel Foucault. - Tracks the author's rejection of Transgression as a legitimate critical methodology following her mother's death and her own maternal transfiguration. - Shows how the po-faced claims of critical methodology can be exploded by genuinely personal reflection. - Considers the place of grief in the transformation of thought. - Argues against the model of the 'death of god' that underpins the transgressive turn in critical thought, and for a more courageous account of the inevitable return of numinous desires. - Considers the moral responsibility of the critical writer. - Traces the transfiguration of the author from transgressive daughter to maternal agent.

• ISBN: 9781405169899
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.05.2008
• Größe: 227 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Wiley