{"product_id":"the-scandal-of-the-speaking-body-9780804744539","title":"The Scandal of the Speaking Body","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImagining an  encounter between Moliere's Don Juan and Austin, this bold yet subtle meditation contemplates the seductive promises of speech and of love, in a telling exchange among philosophy, linguistics, literature, and Lacanian theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Scandal of the Speaking Body-one of the most brilliant and daring and disturbing works of its period, which appeared in English translation in 1984 [under the title The Literary Speech Act] ... has never found the full radius of readers it assumes and deserves.\" -From the Forewordby Stanley Cavell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the New Edition                    ix         SHOSHANA FELMAN      Foreword to The Scandal of the Speaking Body  xi         STANLEY CAVELL    The Scandal of the Speaking Body      Preface: The Promising Animal                3   1 Between Linguistics and Philosophy of      Langauge: Theories of Promise, Promises      of Theory                                   6   2 The Perversion of Promising: Don Juan and      Literary Performance                         12   3 The Scandal of the Performative               41   4 Knowledge and Pleasure, or the Philosopher's      Performance (Psychoanalysis and the      Performative)                                48        Afterword                                    113         JUDITH BUTLER      Notes                                        I25      Index                                        138             Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:    Speech acts (Linguistics)    Performative (Philosophy)    Moli ere, 1622-1673,     Dom Juan, Don Juan (Legendary character) in literature,     Comedy, Austin, J,  L,  (John Langshaw), 1911-1960","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405550821719,"sku":"9780804744539","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804744539.jpg?v=1730492799","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-scandal-of-the-speaking-body-9780804744539","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}