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Author Anderson, Amanda, 1960- author.

Title The way we argue now : a study in the cultures of theory / Amanda Anderson.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (x, 202 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Debatable performances : restaging contentious feminisms -- 2. The temptations of aggrandized agency : feminist histories and the horizon modernity -- 3. Cosmopolitanism, universalism, and the divided legacies of modernity -- 4. Realism, universalism, and the science of the human -- 5. Pragmatism and character -- 6. Argument and ethos -- 7. Beyond sincerity and authenicity : the ethos of proceduralism.
Summary In this book, Amanda Anderson examines influential academic debates across the fields of literary, cultural, and political theory. The book combines a pointed critique of the philosophical and political limitations of these theories with an appreciative assessment of the productive internal contests and creative developments.
Access Access available to onsite users at SLQ, e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Theory (Philosophy)
Theory (Philosophy)
Reasoning.
Reasoning.
Discussion.
Discussion.
Debates and debating.
Debates and debating.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Anderson, Amanda, 1960- Way we argue now. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2006 069111403X 9780691114033 (DLC) 2005048814 (OCoLC)60516837
ISBN 9781400826827 (electronic book)
1400826829 (electronic book)
069111403X (alkaline paper)
0691114048 (paperback : alkaline paper)
9780691114033
9780691114040