LEADER 02704oam 22004934a 450 001 9910795194703321 005 20230126222659.0 010 $a0-252-05023-1 035 $a(CKB)4340000000266398 035 $a(OCoLC)1032375710 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse65284 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5354164 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000266398 100 $a20180109d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aComplaint$b[electronic resource] $egrievance among friends /$fAvital Ronell 210 $aChampaign, IL $cUniversity of Illinois Press$d2018 215 $a1 online resource 311 $a0-252-08322-9 311 $a0-252-04157-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Raising the Visor: The Complaint of Modernity -- Ach! The History of a Complaint -- The Trouble with Deconstruction -- A Pass of Friendship -- Hannah Arendt Swallows the Lessing Prize -- The Right Not to Complain: On Johnson's Reparative Process. 330 $a"Everyone has a complaint, but nobody likes a complainer. Rather than making things better a complaint can just make things worse. Often its only relief is the harmless and temporary release of steam. But it can also pose as criticism in one of several seemingly respectable forms. In Complaint, Avital Ronell looks at how complaints and complainers have been treated in literature and philosophy, in feedback loops that pay little attention to injustice and suffering. Beginning with Hamlet, and with open awareness of her own experiences, Ronell proceeds to show how complaining is aggravated, distracted, stifled, and transformed. She looks at exemplary complaints made by Friedrich Nietzsche, Hannah Arendt, and Barbara Johnson. She examines the complaint riven history of deconstruction. Renowned for her courage in taking on painful subjects with candor and wit, Ronell dares to listen to the haunting complaints of the dead"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aSocial ethics 606 $aComplaints (Rhetoric)$xPhilosophy 606 $aLiterature, Modern$xHistory and criticism 606 $aComplaints (Rhetoric) in literature 615 0$aSocial ethics. 615 0$aComplaints (Rhetoric)$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aComplaints (Rhetoric) in literature. 676 $a809 686 $aPHI000000$2bisacsh 700 $aRonell$b Avital$0696983 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795194703321 996 $aComplaint$91565833 997 $aUNINA