Temporalities

ISBN-13: 9780415520744 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 216 str.

South Africa) West-Pavlov Russell (University of Pretoria

Opis

Temporalities presents a concise critical introduction to the treatment of time throughout literature. Time and its passage represent one of the oldest and most complex philosophical subjects in art of all forms, and Russell West-Pavlov explains and interrogates the most important theories of temporality across a range of disciplines.

Spis treści

1. Time-keeping  2. Philosophies of time  3. Histories  4. Language and Discourse  5. Gender and Subjectivity  6. Economics  7. Postmodern temporalities  8. Postcolonial temporalities

O autorze

Russell West-Pavlov is Professor of English at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.