Productive Digression: Theorizing Practice

by Anselm Haverkamp

Productive Digression is a translation of the ancient term poetics: as a practice of theory. The products produced in the mode of poiesis are 'digressive' in that they operate off track; they resist the main stream of every day prose. They do so for various reasons and in various respects. Mostly, they are explained historically, relative to historical contexts and, that is, contrary to what they are meant to resist. Instead, this book investigates...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110482584
• ISBN13: 9783110482584
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"