Thoreau's democratic withdrawal : alienation, participation, and modernity / / Shannon L. Mariotti

• Autore: Mariotti Shannon L (Shannon Lee)
• Pubblicazione: Madison, WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xviii, 222 p
• Disciplina: 818/.309
• Soggetto topico: Solitude - Political aspects
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Damaged life, the microscopic gaze and Adorno's practice of negative dialectics -- Alienated existence, focal distancing and Emerson's transcendental idealism -- Man as machine : Thoreau and modern alienation -- Huckleberrying toward democracy : Thoreau's practices of withdrawal -- Traveling away from home : Thoreau's spaces of withdrawal -- Alienation and the anti-foundationalist foundation of the self.
• Sommario/riassunto: Best known for his two-year sojourn at Walden Pond in Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau is often considered a recluse who emerged from solitude only occasionally to take a stand on the issues of his day. In Thoreau's Democratic Withdrawal, Shannon L. Mariotti explores Thoreau's nature writings to offer a new way of understanding the unique politics of the so-called hermit of Walden Pond. Drawing imaginatively from the twentieth-century German social theorist Theodor W. Adorno, she shows how withdrawal from the public sphere can paradoxically be a valuable part of democratic politics.
• Titolo autorizzato: Thoreau's democratic withdrawal
• ISBN: 0-299-23393-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248164103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Studies in American thought and culture.