The Structural Allegory: Reconstructive Encounters With The New French Thought
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At the crossroads of philosophy, linguistics, and cultural criticism, The Structural Allegory: Reconstructive Encounters with the New French Thought presents a rigorous and ambitious intellectual confrontation with the most provocative theoretical movements to emerge from twentieth-century France. Edited and introduced by John Fekete, this landmark anthology — Volume 11 in the prestigious Theory and History of Literature series — gathers critical essays that interrogate the foundational assumptions of structuralism and post-structuralism, engaging directly with the ideas of thinkers such as Lévi-Strauss, Barthes, Derrida, Lacan, and Foucault. The collection does not merely survey these movements; it reconstructs and challenges them, uncovering the ideological underpinnings and allegorical dimensions concealed within what often presents itself as pure, objective theory. Fekete's editorial vision is sharp and polemical, insisting that structural and post-structural thought must be read as cultural and political allegories rather than neutral methodological frameworks. The assembled essays argue with intellectual force and stylistic precision, illustrating how New French Thought reshaped the humanities while simultaneously encoding specific assumptions about power, language, and subjectivity. Published in the Theory and History of Literature series — a hallmark of serious academic inquiry — this volume stands as an essential, challenging text for anyone seeking to understand the ideological stakes of contemporary critical theory. What remains most unsettling is the question the collection quietly poses: if all theory is allegory, what does that reveal about the truths we thought we had found?
Author: John Fekete
Format: Paperback
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of philosophy, linguistics, and cultural criticism, The Structural Allegory: Reconstructive Encounters with the New French Thought presents a rigorous and ambitious intellectual confrontation with the most provocative theoretical movements to emerge from twentieth-century France. Edited and introduced by John Fekete, this landmark anthology — Volume 11 in the prestigious Theory and History of Literature series — gathers critical essays that interrogate the foundational assumptions of structuralism and post-structuralism, engaging directly with the ideas of thinkers such as Lévi-Strauss, Barthes, Derrida, Lacan, and Foucault. The collection does not merely survey these movements; it reconstructs and challenges them, uncovering the ideological underpinnings and allegorical dimensions concealed within what often presents itself as pure, objective theory. Fekete's editorial vision is sharp and polemical, insisting that structural and post-structural thought must be read as cultural and political allegories rather than neutral methodological frameworks. The assembled essays argue with intellectual force and stylistic precision, illustrating how New French Thought reshaped the humanities while simultaneously encoding specific assumptions about power, language, and subjectivity. Published in the Theory and History of Literature series — a hallmark of serious academic inquiry — this volume stands as an essential, challenging text for anyone seeking to understand the ideological stakes of contemporary critical theory. What remains most unsettling is the question the collection quietly poses: if all theory is allegory, what does that reveal about the truths we thought we had found?