- 164 pages
- English
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Title first published in 2003. 'Weber is probably the only person in his generation who is equally at home in and directly informed about contemporary literary theory and its antecedents in Germany, France, and the US. His theoretical interest in psychoanalysis serves as a viewpoint from which a powerful combination of philosophical, linguistic, and political concerns are brought together in an uncommonly productive dialectical interplay' Paul de Man This book presents the first introductory text examining the work of the contemporary thinker, Samuel Weber. Accessible, compelling and challenging, Weber's writing offers a rewarding investigation into the connections between literary and cultural studies, media and technology, and philosophy and aesthetics, in the context of significant intellectual debates and developments linking Europe and North America. The critical practice of Weber's various texts is explored in detail, along with his studies in philosophy, aesthetics, deconstruction, media, technology, psychoanalysis and theatre.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Samuel Weber: Acts of Reading
- 1 Debts: To and of Psychoanalysis (Among Others)
- 2 Reinterpreting the Institution
- 3 The Place of Technics
- 4 Theatricality
- Conclusion: Taking Leave
- Interview: Responding: A Discussion with Samuel Weber
- Bibliography of Selected Works in English by Samuel Weber
- Index