{"product_id":"agonistics-janet-lungstrum-9780791434123","title":"Agonistics: Arenas of Creative Contest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFocuses on a very significant psycho-cultural concept (that of \"agonistics\" or \"contestatory creativity\") with ramifications in several areas of the postmodern debate: cultural philosophy, psychologies of race, gender and the body, and narratology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the ambiguities inherent in the concept of the agon as a motivating, conflictual force behind creative and social expression. The notion of agonistics extends far beyond the literary fame lent it by Harold Bloom to embrace all aspects of culture. The editors blend theoretical sophistication with an interdisciplinary approach and reposit the agon in a new, broad context for postmodern inquiry. Taking their inspiration from Friedrich Nietzsche's essay \"Homer's Contest,\" Lungstrum and Sauer trace the evolution of the agon: from its vital function in ancient Greece, through modernity, and onward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Janet Lungstrum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791434125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791434123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.97w x 0.80d","brand":"Janet Lungstrum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065125581055,"sku":"9780791434123","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d441396-ea93-422b-bd5e-f3b1ef3ff124.jpg?v=1768673158","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/agonistics-janet-lungstrum-9780791434123","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}