Unorthodox views :
Battersby, James L.
Unorthodox views : reflections on reality, truth, and meaning in current social, cultural, and critical discourse / James L. Battersby. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002. - xiii, 236 p. ; 25 cm. - Contributions to the study of world literature, no. 111 0738-9345 ; . - 801/.95 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-228) and index.
Machine generated contents note: SECTION ONE: LANGUAGE, TRUTH, AND REALITY -- 1 The Truth Is, There Is No Truth -- 2 Realism and Truth, Together Again -- 3 Conceptual Relativity and Relativism -- 4 Determinate Meanings and Coherent Messages -- 5 Paying Deference to Reference -- SECTION TWO: FACT, FICTION, AND METHOD -- 6 Fact, Fiction, Belief, and Emotion -- 7 Incommensurability, Rational Method, and "Anything Goes" -- SECTION THREE: INTERPRETATION, POLITICS, AND -- LITERARY VALUES -- 8 Agents, Makings, and Meanings -- 9 Human Universals, Politics, and Literary Value -- 10 Humanism and Intercultural Critique -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
0313321663 (alk. paper)
Criticism--History--20th century.
Relativity.
Deconstruction.
801/.95
Unorthodox views : reflections on reality, truth, and meaning in current social, cultural, and critical discourse / James L. Battersby. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002. - xiii, 236 p. ; 25 cm. - Contributions to the study of world literature, no. 111 0738-9345 ; . - 801/.95 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-228) and index.
Machine generated contents note: SECTION ONE: LANGUAGE, TRUTH, AND REALITY -- 1 The Truth Is, There Is No Truth -- 2 Realism and Truth, Together Again -- 3 Conceptual Relativity and Relativism -- 4 Determinate Meanings and Coherent Messages -- 5 Paying Deference to Reference -- SECTION TWO: FACT, FICTION, AND METHOD -- 6 Fact, Fiction, Belief, and Emotion -- 7 Incommensurability, Rational Method, and "Anything Goes" -- SECTION THREE: INTERPRETATION, POLITICS, AND -- LITERARY VALUES -- 8 Agents, Makings, and Meanings -- 9 Human Universals, Politics, and Literary Value -- 10 Humanism and Intercultural Critique -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
0313321663 (alk. paper)
Criticism--History--20th century.
Relativity.
Deconstruction.
801/.95