{"product_id":"situatedness-or-why-we-keep-saying-where-were-coming-from-9780822328254","title":"Situatedness or Why We Keep Saying Where Were","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuitable for all those for whom the politics of subjectivity pose real problems of authority, identity, and belief, this book discusses its roles within the fields of legal theory, social science, fiction, philosophy, and ethics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An exciting work, phenomenally erudite, informative, shrewdly and scrupulously argued, and very attractively written in vivid, non-jargony prose spiked with wry wit. \u003ci\u003eSituatedness \u003c\/i\u003emakes a striking contribution to current debates in humanities and social science scholarship, and it will be a touchstone for theoretical commentary in a range of different fields for a good while to come.”—Christopher Herbert, Northwestern University\u003cbr\u003e“The philosophical nature of the concept of the situation has too often been neglected or overlooked altogether. Simpson has shown remarkable astuteness in identifying ‘situatedness’ in our current discourse, in naming it and revealing its functions. This is a splendid and unique contribution to our awakening from the Zeitgeist and its unconscious presuppostions.”—Fredric Jameson, author of \u003ci\u003ePostmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 1. Self-Affiliation and the Management of Confusion \u003cbr\u003e 2. Mitigating Circumstances: Secular Situatedness and the Law \u003cbr\u003e 3. With God on Our Side? The Science of Character\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Literary Situations, Novel Solutions \u003cbr\u003e 5. Reasonable Situations: Philosophy, Biography, and Private Life \u003cbr\u003e 6. Lost for Words: Can We Stop Situating Ourselves? \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406029103447,"sku":"9780822328254","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822328254.jpg?v=1730494298","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/situatedness-or-why-we-keep-saying-where-were-coming-from-9780822328254","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}