Against Transgression
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Both a controversial account of the transgressive turn in criticalthought characteristic of the moral turmoil of the TwentiethCentury, and a provocative study of maternal transfiguration in theauthor's own turn from Transgression, AgainstTransgression poses an urgent question for the currentgeneration of literary critics.* * Studies the origins of the contemporary proliferation of'Transgression' in the compelling thought experimentsof Georges Bataille, and follows its inauguration as a mode oflegitimate critical practice via Michel Foucault.* Tracks the author's rejection of Transgression as a...
Both a controversial account of the transgressive turn in criticalthought characteristic of the moral turmoil of the TwentiethCentury, and a provocative study of maternal transfiguration in theauthor's own turn from Transgression, AgainstTransgression poses an urgent question for the currentgeneration of literary critics.
* * Studies the origins of the contemporary proliferation of'Transgression' in the compelling thought experimentsof Georges Bataille, and follows its inauguration as a mode oflegitimate critical practice via Michel Foucault.
* Tracks the author's rejection of Transgression as alegitimate critical methodology following her mother's deathand her own maternal transfiguration.
* Shows how the po-faced claims of critical methodology can beexploded by genuinely personal reflection.
* Considers the place of grief in the transformation ofthought.
* Argues against the model of the 'death of god' thatunderpins the transgressive turn in critical thought, and for amore courageous account of the inevitable return of numinousdesires.
* Considers the moral responsibility of the criticalwriter.
* Traces the transfiguration of the author from transgressivedaughter to maternal agent.
* * Studies the origins of the contemporary proliferation of'Transgression' in the compelling thought experimentsof Georges Bataille, and follows its inauguration as a mode oflegitimate critical practice via Michel Foucault.
* Tracks the author's rejection of Transgression as alegitimate critical methodology following her mother's deathand her own maternal transfiguration.
* Shows how the po-faced claims of critical methodology can beexploded by genuinely personal reflection.
* Considers the place of grief in the transformation ofthought.
* Argues against the model of the 'death of god' thatunderpins the transgressive turn in critical thought, and for amore courageous account of the inevitable return of numinousdesires.
* Considers the moral responsibility of the criticalwriter.
* Traces the transfiguration of the author from transgressivedaughter to maternal agent.