The Reign of Anti-Logos: Performance in Postmodernity

by David Hawkes

Book Overview

The concept of 'performativity' has risen to prominence throughout the humanities. The rise of financial derivatives reflects the power of the performative sign in the economic sphere. As recent debates about gender identity show, the concept of performativity is also profoundly influential on people's personal lives. Although the autonomous power of representation has been studied in disciplines ranging from economics to poetics, however, it has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030559424
• ISBN13: 9783030559427
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"