Speaking Politically Adorno and Postcolonial by Eleni Philippou HARDBACK

Name: Speaking Politically Adorno and Postcolonial by Eleni Philippou HARDBACK
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

In this monograph Theodor Adorno\u2019s philosophy engages with postcolonial texts and authors that emerge out of situations of political extremity \u2013 apartheid South Africa, war-torn Sri Lanka, Pinochet\u2019s dictatorship, and the Greek military junta. This book is ground-breaking in two key ways: first, it argues that Adorno can speak to texts with which he is not historically associated; and second, it uses Adorno\u2019s theory to unlock the liberatory potential of authors or novels traditionally understood to be \""apolitical\"". While addressing Adorno\u2019s uneven critical response and dissemination in the Anglophone literary world, the book also showcases Adorno\u2019s unique reading of the literary text both in terms of its innate historical content and formal aesthetic attributes. Such a reading refuses to\n\nSpeaking Politically\nAdorno and Postcolonial Fiction\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tra;