Performative Contradiction and the Romanian Revolution.
Bogdan, Jolan.
Performative Contradiction and the Romanian Revolution. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (220 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: In Search of a New Paradigm for the Romanian Revolution -- Notes -- Chapter One Performative Contradiction: Structuralist and Post-Structuralist Perspectives -- Notes -- Chapter Two The Performance of Authenticity: Philosophers Question the Revolution -- Notes -- Chapter Three The Problem with the "Event": Badiou's Split Loyalties -- Notes -- Chapter Four Nostalgia for the Old Regime: A Freudian Interpretation -- Notes -- Chapter Five Pro-Natal Legislation and the Systematic Destruction of Intimacy -- Notes -- Chapter Six The Interruption of Mourning: On Forbidden Burials -- Notes -- Chapter Seven On Violence: Can the Revolution Be Saved? -- Notes -- Conclusion: Other Examples -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book explores the Romanian Revolution in relation to the ongoing questions around its authenticity. It offers a critical theoretical re-examination of the revolution using the concept of performative contradiction as an analytic tool.
9781783488742
Romania - History - Revolution, 1989.
Electronic books.
DR269.5.B643 2017
320.01
Performative Contradiction and the Romanian Revolution. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (220 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: In Search of a New Paradigm for the Romanian Revolution -- Notes -- Chapter One Performative Contradiction: Structuralist and Post-Structuralist Perspectives -- Notes -- Chapter Two The Performance of Authenticity: Philosophers Question the Revolution -- Notes -- Chapter Three The Problem with the "Event": Badiou's Split Loyalties -- Notes -- Chapter Four Nostalgia for the Old Regime: A Freudian Interpretation -- Notes -- Chapter Five Pro-Natal Legislation and the Systematic Destruction of Intimacy -- Notes -- Chapter Six The Interruption of Mourning: On Forbidden Burials -- Notes -- Chapter Seven On Violence: Can the Revolution Be Saved? -- Notes -- Conclusion: Other Examples -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book explores the Romanian Revolution in relation to the ongoing questions around its authenticity. It offers a critical theoretical re-examination of the revolution using the concept of performative contradiction as an analytic tool.
9781783488742
Romania - History - Revolution, 1989.
Electronic books.
DR269.5.B643 2017
320.01