Hegel and the foundations of literary theory /

Hegel and the Foundations of Literary Theory: Do the various forms of literary theory, deconstruction, Marxism, new historicism, feminism, post-colonialism and cultural/digital studies, have anything in common? If so, what are the fundamental principles of theory? What is its ideological orientation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Habib, Rafey (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2019]
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Table of Contents:
  • The Hegelian dialectic
  • Historical backgrounds
  • Hegel, philosopher of capitalism
  • Hegel on identity and difference
  • Hegelian identity and economics
  • Hegel and deconstruction
  • Hegel on language
  • Hegel, language, and literary theory: Saussure, Barthes, Derrida, Deleuze
  • Language and the unconscious Kristeva
  • The master/slave dialectic
  • The master/slave dialectic in literary theory: Deleuze, Derrida
  • Hegel and Marx
  • Hegel and Marxist literary theory (I): Horkheimer and Adorno; Benjamin
  • Hegel and Marxist literary theory (II)
  • Hegel on gender: Antigone
  • Feminists on Hegel and Antigone: Irigaray, Butler, (Derrida)
  • Historical contexts of Hegel's views on women
  • Epilogue: the futures of theory: toward a dialectical humanism.