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The Poetic Power of Theory - Langston, Richard (Contributions by), and Adelson, Leslie A (Contributions by), and Jones, Nd (Editor)
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"The poetic power of theory" has for Alexander Kluge less to do with pure "philosophy" or the solitary "pleasures in thinking" than with the ancient Greek practice of "theoria". Like the ancient theoretician called theoros, who returned home from foreign lands to tell of other peoples and cultures, Kluge's interest in the poetic force of theory seeks to fortify humankind's essential powers for expressing the subjective experience of difference at a time of crisis when the necessary tools for narration have become ...

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The Poetic Power of Theory 2019, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Goettingen

ISBN-13: 9783847110392

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