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" Critical environments : "
Cary Wolfe.
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955099
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b709469
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Wolfe, Cary.
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Critical environments : : postmodern theory and the pragmatics of the "outside" /\ Cary Wolfe.
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, 1998.
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, ©1998
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Theory out of bounds ;; v. 13
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1 online resource.
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0816688494
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0816630186
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0816630194
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9780816630189
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9780816630196
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [154]-[171]) and index.
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Acknowledgments; Introduction. Nothing Fails like Success: The Postmodern Moment and the Problem of the "Outside"; 1 Pragmatism: Rorty, Cavell, and Others; 2 Systems Theory: Maturana and Varela with Luhmann; 3 Poststructuralism: Foucault with Deleuze; Conclusion: Post-Marxism, Critical Politics, and the Environment of Theory; Notes; Index.
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Cary Wolfe investigates three of the most significant strains of postmodern theory--pragmatism, systems theory, and poststructuralism--and shows how each confronts the specter of an "outside" not wholly constituted by discourses, language games, and interpretive communities. He then assesses these confrontations in light of an essentially pragmatic view of theory, one that constantly asks what practical and material difference it makes, and to whom, how these issues are negotiated.
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Philosophy, Modern-- 20th century.
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Postmodernism.
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Poststructuralism.
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Pragmatism.
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System theory.
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Theory (Philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY-- History Surveys-- General.
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Philosophy, Modern.
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Postmodernism.
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Poststructuralism.
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Pragmatism.
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System theory.
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Theory (Philosophy)
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149.97149/.97
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B831.2.W64 1998
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