{"product_id":"body-and-story-9780801885433","title":"Body and Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn analyzing these shifts he proposes a new model for understanding how seemingly unabridgeable theories legitimately coexist in our intellectual conception of the world, and he suggests a new ethics for managing this coexistence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this nuanced study, Terdiman addresses a conflict that seems to define much of contemporary critical debate: the conflict between seeing the world as something that can be experienced directly and immediately and seeing the world as being defined through and through by representation and language... Highly recommended. Choice 2006 Given its interdisciplinary theme and state-of-the-art methodology, Body and Story is a relevant contribution to students and researchers of philosophy, literature, culture and history. -- Cyana Leahy-Dios European Legacy 2008 A thought-provoking book and an original contribution. -- Christopher Cowley and Alena Dvorakova Philosophy in Review 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Difference in Theory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Consequentiality of Bodies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Nun Who Never Was\u003cbr\u003e2. On the Matter of Bodies\u003cbr\u003e3. The Body and the Text\u003cbr\u003e4. Materiality, Language, and Money\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Conflict of Theories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. The Enlightenment Discovers Postmodernism\u003cbr\u003e6. The Epistemology of Difference\u003cbr\u003e7. Materiality, Resistance, and Time\u003cbr\u003eIn-Conclusion: An Ethics of Theory\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405204005207,"sku":"9780801885433","price":25.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801885433.jpg?v=1730489099","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/body-and-story-9780801885433","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}