Understanding others : peoples, animals, pasts
Dominick LaCapra (Author)
To what extent do we & can we understand others - other peoples, species, times, & places? What is the role of others within ourselves, epitomized in the notion of unconscious forces? Can we come to terms with our internalized others in ways that foster mutual understanding & counteract the tendency to scapegoat, project, victimize, & indulge in prejudicial & narcissistic impulses? How do various fields or disciplines address or avoid such questions? In the light of recent developments, have these questions become particularly pressing & not in the least confined to other peoples, times, & places? Making selective & critical use of the thought of such important figures as Freud, Derrida, & Bakhtin, the text investigates a series of crucial topics from the current state of deconstruction, trauma studies, & the humanities to newer fields such as animal studies & posthumanist scholarship
eBook, English, 2019
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 2019