Understanding others : peoples, animals, pasts / Dominick LaCapra.

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LaCapra, Dominick, 1939- [author.]

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computer

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9781501724909
1501724908
1501724894
9781501724893
9781501724923
1501724924

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Understanding others.DDC classification:

190 23

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BD213 .L325 2018

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Contents:

History, deconstruction, and working through the past -- Humans, other animals, and the humanities -- Trauma, history, memory, identity : what remains? -- Frank Hamilton Cushing and his "adventures" at Zuni -- What is history? what is literature? -- What use are the humanities?

Summary: To what extent do we and can we understand others - other peoples, species, times, and places? What is the role of others within ourselves, epitomized in the notion of unconscious forces? Can we come to terms with our internalized others in ways that foster mutual understanding and counteract the tendency to scapegoat, project, victimize, and indulge in prejudicial and narcissistic impulses? How do various fields or disciplines address or avoid such questions? And, in the light of recent developments, have these questions become particularly pressing and not in the least confined to other peoples, times, and places? Making selective and critical use of the thought of such important figures as Sigmund Freud, Jacques Derrida, and Mikhail Bakhtin, the book investigates a series of crucial topics from the current state of deconstruction, trauma studies, and the humanities to newer fields such as animal studies and posthumanist scholarship.--provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

To what extent do we and can we understand others - other peoples, species, times, and places? What is the role of others within ourselves, epitomized in the notion of unconscious forces? Can we come to terms with our internalized others in ways that foster mutual understanding and counteract the tendency to scapegoat, project, victimize, and indulge in prejudicial and narcissistic impulses? How do various fields or disciplines address or avoid such questions? And, in the light of recent developments, have these questions become particularly pressing and not in the least confined to other peoples, times, and places? Making selective and critical use of the thought of such important figures as Sigmund Freud, Jacques Derrida, and Mikhail Bakhtin, the book investigates a series of crucial topics from the current state of deconstruction, trauma studies, and the humanities to newer fields such as animal studies and posthumanist scholarship.--provided by publisher.