LEADER 03913nam 2200757 450 001 9910456362003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99201-1 010 $a9786611992019 010 $a1-4426-8182-9 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442681828 035 $a(CKB)2430000000002021 035 $a(OCoLC)645455470 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10219116 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000304129 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11229496 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000304129 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10277239 035 $a(PQKB)11234721 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00601109 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255209 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672108 035 $a(DE-B1597)465001 035 $a(OCoLC)1013947832 035 $a(OCoLC)944177372 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442681828 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672108 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257791 035 $a(OCoLC)958571782 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000002021 100 $a20160914h20062006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe neo-primitivist turn $ecritical reflections on alterity, culture, and modernity /$fVictor Li 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2006. 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-6370-5 311 $a0-8020-9111-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. The Neo-primitivist Turn -- $t2. Alterity: Jean Baudrillard, Jean-François Lyotard, Marianna Torgovnick -- $t3. Culture: Marshall Sahlins -- $t4. Modernity: Jürgen Habermas -- $tConclusion. 'Theorizing always needs a Savage' -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aIn recent years the concept of 'the primitive' has been the subject of strong criticism; it has been examined, unpacked, and shown to signify little more than a construction or projection necessary for establishing the modernity of the West. The term 'primitive' continues, however, to appear in contemporary critical and cultural discourse, begging the question: Why does primitivism keep reappearing even after it has been uncovered as a modern myth?In The Neo-primitivist Turn, Victor Li argues that this contentious term was never completely banished and that it has in fact reappeared under new theoretical guises. An idealized conception of 'the primitive,' he contends, has come to function as the ultimate sign of alterity. Li focuses on the works of theorists like Jean Baudrillard, Jean-François Lyotard, Marianna Torgovnick, Marshall Sahlins, and Jürgen Habermas in order to demonstrate that primitivism continues to be a powerful presence even in those works normally regarded as critical of the concept. Providing close readings of the ways in which the premodern or primitive is strategically deployed in contemporary critical writings, Li's interdisciplinary study is a timely and forceful intervention into current debates on the politics and ethics of otherness, the problems of cultural relativism, and the vicissitudes of modernity. 606 $aPrimitivism 606 $aPrimitive societies 606 $aCultural relativism 606 $aOther (Philosophy) 606 $aCritical theory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPrimitivism. 615 0$aPrimitive societies. 615 0$aCultural relativism. 615 0$aOther (Philosophy) 615 0$aCritical theory. 676 $a306.01 700 $aLi$b Victor$f1952-$01045855 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456362003321 996 $aThe neo-primitivist turn$92472420 997 $aUNINA