Polemic: Critical Or UncriticalJane Gallop These new essays by leading scholars examine some famous and less well-known instances of polemical encounters. The essays are enhanced by an interview with Gayatri Spivak, specially conducted by Jane Gallop for this volume Historically rigorous, theoretically astute, and sometimes wickedly funny, Polemic makes criticism a critical issue. |
Contents
UNCRITICAL READING | 5 |
3 | 40 |
4 | 67 |
ARGUMENT AND ETHOS | 103 |
5 | 109 |
CAN POLEMIC BE ETHICAL? A RESPONSE | 135 |
6 | 149 |
WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT? | 179 |
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS | 201 |
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