History and Its Limits: Human, Animal, Violence

by Dominick LaCapra

Book Overview

Dominick LaCapra's History and Its Limits articulates the relations among intellectual history, cultural history, and critical theory, examining the recent rise of "Practice Theory" and probing the limitations of prevalent forms of humanism. LaCapra focuses on the problem of understanding extreme cases, specifically events and experiences involving violence and victimization. He asks how historians treat and are simultaneously implicated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007CV5XQQ
• ISBN13: 9780801475153
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher