
Representation and Its Discontents
The Critical Legacy of German Romanticism
Azade Seyhan(Author)
University of California Press
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 24. February 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
196 pages
978-0-520-07676-1 (ISBN)
Description
Azade Seyhan provides a concise, elegantly argued introduction to the critical theory of German Romanticism and demonstrates how its approach to the metaphorical and linguistic nature of knowledge is very much alive in contemporary philosophy and literary theory. Her analysis of key thinkers such as Friedrich Schlegel and Novalis explores their views on rhetoric, systematicity, hermeneutics, and cultural interpretation. Seyhan examines German Romanticism as a critical intervention in the debates on representation, which developed in response to the philosophical revolution of German Idealism. Facing a chaotic political and intellectual landscape, the eighteenth-century theorists sought new models of understanding and new objectives for criticism and philosophy. "Representation and Its Discontents" identifies the legacy of this formative moment in modern criticism and suggests its relevance to contemporary discussions of post-structuralism, orientalism, theories of textuality, and the nature of philosophical discourse.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-07676-1 (9780520076761)
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04/2023
1st Edition
Naval Institute Press
€28.49
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Person
Azade Seyhan is Associate Professor of German at Bryn Mawr College.