DESCENT INTO DISCOURSE : The Reification of Language and the Writing of Social History by Palmer, Bryan D - 1990

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Temple University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Temple Univ Pr, 1990-02. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Minor rubbing. VG. Historical Materialism Temple University Press Philadelphia 1990 orig.wrappers 23x15cm, xvii,289 pp., PAPERBACK. "Critical theory is no substitute for historical materialism; language is not life'. With this statement, Bryan Palmer enters the debate that is now transforming and disrupting a number of academic disciplines, including political science, women's studies, and history. Focusing on the ways in which literary or critical theory is being promoted within the field of social history, he argues forcefully that the current reliance on poststructuralism with its reification of discourse and avoidance of the structures of oppression and struggles of resistance obscures the origins, meanings, and consequences of historical events and processes. Palmer is concerned with the emergence of 'language' as a central focus of intellectual work in the twentieth century. He locates the implosion of theory that moved structuralism in the direction of poststructuralism and… Read More