The Ethics of Criticism

Tobin Siebers

Published by Cornell University Press 1990

The Ethics of Criticism

Tobin Siebers
Funded by: National Endowment for the Humanities Open Book Program

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501721410

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About this book

Tobin Siebers asserts that literary criticism is essentially a form of ethics. The Ethics of Criticism investigates the moral character of contemporary literary theory, assessing a wide range of theoretical approaches in terms of both the ethical presuppositions underlying the critical claims and the attitudes fostered by the approaches. Building on analyses of the moral legacies of Plato, Kant, Nietzsche, and Freud, Siebers identifies the various fronts on which the concerns of critical theory impinge on those of ethics.

Author / Editor information

The late Tobin Siebers (1953–2015) was V. L. Parrington Collegiate Professor, Professor of English Language and Literature, and Professor of Art and Design at the University of Michigan, where he was cochair of the Initiative on Disability Studies. He was the author of Disability Theory, Disability Aesthetics, Among Men, and The Mirror of Medusa.

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James Phelan:

The Ethics of Criticism should contribute to the new theoretical conversation through its conclusions about specific thinkers and by moving others to think harder and say more about the relation among ethics, criticism, and literature.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Open Access Download PDF	ix
1. The Character of Criticism: Introduction Open Access Download PDF	1
2. Ethical Criticism: From Plato to Pluralism Open Access Download PDF	14
3. The Ethics of Autonomy: Biography and the New Criticism Open Access Download PDF	44
4. Ethics in the Age of Rousseau: From Levi-Strauss to Derrida Open Access Download PDF	69
5. Paul de Man and the Triumph of Falling Open Access Download PDF	98
6. Resentment and the Genealogy of Morals: From Nietzsche to Girard Open Access Download PDF	124
7. The Ethical Unconscious: From Freud to Lacan Open Access Download PDF	159
8. The Ethics of Sexual Difference Open Access Download PDF	186
9. The Ethics of Nuclear Criticism: Conclusion Open Access Download PDF	220
Index Open Access Download PDF	241

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 264
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: March 15, 2018
ISBN: 9781501721410