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The Ascetic Imperative in Culture and Criticism
University of Chicago Press, 1988 Cloth: 978-0-226-31691-8 | eISBN: 978-0-226-31690-1 | Paper: 978-0-226-31692-5 Library of Congress Classification BL625.H33 1987 Dewey Decimal Classification 700.1
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
In this bold interdisciplinary work, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that asceticism has played a major role in shaping Western ideas of the body, writing, ethics, and aesthetics. He suggests that we consider the ascetic as "the 'cultural' element in culture," and presents a close analysis of works by Athanasius, Augustine, Matthias, Grünewald, Nietzsche, Foucault, and other thinkers as proof of the extent of asceticism's resources. Harpham demonstrates the usefulness of his findings by deriving from asceticism a "discourse of resistance," a code of interpretation ultimately more generous and humane than those currently available to us. See other books on: Aesthetics | Arts | Asceticism | Criticism & Theory | Harpham, Geoffrey Galt See other titles from University of Chicago Press |
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The Ascetic Imperative in Culture and Criticism
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University of Chicago Press, 1988
Cloth: 978-0-226-31691-8
eISBN: 978-0-226-31690-1
Paper: 978-0-226-31692-5
Cloth: 978-0-226-31691-8
eISBN: 978-0-226-31690-1
Paper: 978-0-226-31692-5
In this bold interdisciplinary work, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that asceticism has played a major role in shaping Western ideas of the body, writing, ethics, and aesthetics. He suggests that we consider the ascetic as "the 'cultural' element in culture," and presents a close analysis of works by Athanasius, Augustine, Matthias, Grünewald, Nietzsche, Foucault, and other thinkers as proof of the extent of asceticism's resources. Harpham demonstrates the usefulness of his findings by deriving from asceticism a "discourse of resistance," a code of interpretation ultimately more generous and humane than those currently available to us.
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