Cold War criticism and the politics of skepticism /
[Book]
Tobin Siebers.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1993.
1 online resource (xi, 163 pages)
Odéon
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: The Politics of Skepticism; 2. Cold War Criticism; 3. Ethics or Politics? Comparative Literature, Multiculturalism, and Cultural Literacy; 4. Mourning Becomes Paul de Man; 5. The Politics of the Politics of Interpretation; 6. The Politics of Storytelling: Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem; 7. Conclusion: Toward a Post-Cold War Criticism; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.
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Claiming that a Cold War mentality has impaired the ability of literary theorists to talk about the politics of criticism effectively, the author of this treatise argues that modern criticism is a child of the Cold War.
Cold War criticism and the politics of skepticism.