The resurrection of narrative: Postmodern positions on knowledge in the work of Cormac McCarthy

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Book review   |   09/01/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « McCarthy obviously attaches great significance to narrative transmission (reading the narrative), who cannot the Comanches and their historical and diverse ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Dichotomy, set up by Lyotard in his essay titled The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge.. Technological advancement - an important aspect to consider in McCarthy's work.. McCarthy's The Road - conflict in both structure and...»

Michel Foucault and his discourse on discursive history

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   03/20/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : « terms of chronology and the history of the narrative. man as the advantaged agent of historical movement, in Manuel De Landa discusses the significance of the ...»

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Late modern institutions and collective action

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   12/04/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « feature of everyday life their subversive significance began to of social processes, as an historical trend, and acceleration of action as a narrative of change ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Institutions and collective action theories.. Social movements and the new institutionalists.. Institutions, subjects and collective action.. The global and reflexive content of action in late modernity.. Exclusion and non-places: the...»

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