Ascetic imperative in culture and criticism, The
Autor(es) - Geoffrey Harpham
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In this bold interdisciplinary work, the authos 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 cultura", and presents a close analysis of works by thinkers as proof of the extent of asceticism's resources.
ÍNDICE
List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1- The ideology of Asceticism
1. Ascetic Linguistics
2. Technique and the self
3. The Signs Of temptation
4. Narrative on Trial
2- Discipline and Desire in Augustine’s Confessions
1. The language of conversion
2. Profit and Loss in the Ascesis of Discoure
3. The Fertile Word
3 – A passion of Representation: Grunwald’s Isenheim Altar
1. Anonymity, Modernity, and the medieval
2. Conceptual Narrative
3. A passion of Representation
4. Asceticism and the Sublime
4 – Philosophy and the Resistance to Asceticism
1. Nietzsche: Weakness and will to Power
2. Saint Foucault
5 – The Ascetics of Interpretation
Notes
Work Cited
Index
- Formato: Capa mole 15.50*23.00
- Nº de páginas: 325
- Editado em: 1987
- Idioma: Inglês
- ISBN: 0226316920