{"product_id":"the-limits-of-critique-rita-felski-9780226293981","title":"The Limits of Critique","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful examination of the very idea of critique and its dominance in literary studies\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why must critics unmask and demystify literary works? Why do they believe that language is always withholding some truth, that the critic's task is to reveal the unsaid or repressed? In this book, Rita Felski examines critique, the dominant form of interpretation in literary studies, and situates it as but one method among many, a method with strong allure--but also definite limits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Felski argues that critique is a sensibility best captured by Paul Ricoeur's phrase \"the hermeneutics of suspicion.\" She shows how this suspicion toward texts forecloses many potential readings while providing no guarantee of rigorous or radical thought. Instead, she suggests, literary scholars should try what she calls \"postcritical reading\" rather than looking behind a text for hidden causes and motives, literary scholars should place themselves in front of it and reflect on what it suggests and makes possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By bringing critique down to earth and exploring new modes of interpretation, \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of Critique\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh approach to the relationship between artistic works and the social world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rita Felski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022629398X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226293981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2016","brand":"Rita Felski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086400893183,"sku":"9780226293981","price":73.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2721c0d9-bdb5-4c1b-b70f-bc76c0d824a3.jpg?v=1769094467","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-limits-of-critique-rita-felski-9780226293981","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}