Freedom and interpretation

Author(s)

• Johnson, Barbara

Bibliographic Information

Freedom and interpretation

Barbara Johnson, editor

（The Oxford Amnesty lectures, 1992）

BasicBooks, a Division of Harper Collins Publishers, c1993

• : cloth
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-215) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780465025381

Description

In this first volume of the "Oxford Amnesty Lectures" series, seven leading literary scholars, including Frank Kermode, Edward Said and Julia Kristeva, explore the relationship between political freedom and modern conceptions of the self.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780465025398

Description

Much of modern thought - philosophical, linguistic, literary and psychoanalytic - denies the possibility of a unified and whole self. What do such theories imply about how we interpret our freedom? If the self really is as fragmented and fragile as such theories suggest, how can we defend human rights in the world? Here, seven literary figures battle over this crucial topic, exploring the relationship between political freedom and modern conceptions of the individual as they address questions of identity, nationalism, politics, ethics, poetic language and freedom. Contributors include Terry Eagleton, Frank Kermode and Julia Kristeva.

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Details

• NCID: BA21091132
• ISBN:
  • 0465025382
  • 0465025390
• LCCN: 92053243
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 226 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JC571
  • DC20 : 323
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Human rights
  • LCSH : Self
  • LCSH : Deconstruction
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA21091267