The Ascetic Imperative in Culture and Criticism
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0226316920
ISBN-13
9780226316925
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 15th, 1992
Print length
344 Pages
Weight
480 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 15.70 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
History of art / art & design stylesPhilosophy: aestheticsCultural studies
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In this bold interdisciplinary work, Geoffrey Galt Harpham 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 culture," and presents a close analysis of works by Athanasius, Augustine, Matthias, Grünewald, Nietzsche, Foucault, and other thinkers as proof of the extent of asceticism's resources. Harpham demonstrates the usefulness of his findings by deriving from asceticism a "discourse of resistance," a code of interpretation ultimately more generous and humane than those currently available to us.
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