Bakhtin and the Human Sciences demonstrates the abundance of ideas Bakhtin s thought offers to the human sciences, and reconsiders him as a social thinker, not just a literary theorist. The contributors hail from many disciplines and their essays implications extend into other fields in the human sciences. The volume emphasizes Bakhtin s work on dialogue, carnival, ethics and everyday life, as well as the relationship between Bakhtin s ideas and those of other important social theorists. In a lively introduction ...
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Bakhtin and the Human Sciences demonstrates the abundance of ideas Bakhtin s thought offers to the human sciences, and reconsiders him as a social thinker, not just a literary theorist. The contributors hail from many disciplines and their essays implications extend into other fields in the human sciences. The volume emphasizes Bakhtin s work on dialogue, carnival, ethics and everyday life, as well as the relationship between Bakhtin s ideas and those of other important social theorists. In a lively introduction Gardiner and Bell discuss Bakhtin s significance as a major intellectual figure and situate his ideas within current trends and developments in social theory.
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