Rethinking Intellectual History: Texts, Contexts, Language

by Dominick LA Capra and Dominick LaCapra

Book Overview

Dominick LaCapra calls for a new view of intellectual history--one that will revitalize the importance of reading and interpreting significant texts. In ten essays, he reformulates the problem of the relation between the "great" texts of the Western tradition and their contexts. Seeking to refine "context" into a concept useful to historical research, LaCapra urges intellectual historians to learn from lessons and developments in contemporary literary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801498864
• ISBN13: 9780801498862
• Release Date: September 1983
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher