
Jane Austen and the Dialectic of Misrecognition
Wing-Chi KI(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
1st Edition
Published on 22. March 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
348 pages
978-3-631-53193-8 (ISBN)
Description
The objective of this book is to present a dialectical framework within which to reread Jane Austen's novels and to counter the critical dichotomy between a 'conservative' Jane (proposed by the containment school of critics) and a 'radical' Austen (proposed by the subversive school of critics). It aims at providing a framework that is flexible enough to explain why the two schools are inadequate, but rigorous enough to shed new light on Austen's complex vision of epistemological enlightenment - namely, her insistence on the 'positive recognition', the 'negative cognition', and the 'cynical misrecognition' as essential moments in the development of the subject. The author argues that Austen's 'dialectics of recognition' point neither towards docile conformism nor revolutionary struggle, but an on-going spirit of critique in the midst of misrecognition.
More details
Series
Thesis
Doctoral thesis
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
451 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-631-53193-8 (9783631531938)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
The Author: Wing-chi Ki is Assistant Professor of English Literature at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Content
Contents
: Misrecognition - Jane Austen - Hegel - Lacan - ?i?ek.