The neo-primitivist turn : critical reflections on alterity, culture, and modernity / / Victor Li

• Autore: Li Victor <1952->
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2006; ©2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.01
• Soggetto topico: Primitivism; Primitive societies; Cultural relativism; Other (Philosophy); Critical theory
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Neo-primitivist Turn -- 2. Alterity: Jean Baudrillard, Jean-François Lyotard, Marianna Torgovnick -- 3. Culture: Marshall Sahlins -- 4. Modernity: Jürgen Habermas -- Conclusion. 'Theorizing always needs a Savage' -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The neo-primitivist turn
• ISBN: 1-281-99201-1; 9786611992019; 1-4426-8182-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456362003321
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