The Returns of History Russian Nietzscheans After Modernity (SUNY series, The Margins of Literature) by DraganKujundzic Paperback, 219 Pages, Published 1997 by Suny Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-3234-1, ISBN: 0-7914-3234-3
"Examines the influence of Nietzsche on Russian Formalists, Russian Modernism, and Mikhail Bakhtin, reinforcing the importance of the modernist theoreticians by reading them in the contemporary theoretical context.Throwing new light on the important thesis about the influence of Friedrich Nietzsche on Russian formalists and Russian modernism, this book presents this theme in the context of relevant research, and convincingly defines the ..."
Provocations to Reading(1st Edition) J. Hillis Miller and the Democracy to Come by Barbara Cohen, DraganKujundzic Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2005 by Fordham University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8232-2431-9, ISBN: 0-8232-2431-7
"This book is a marker of the “state of theory” today. Its rich array of wideranging essays explores the dimensions and implications of the work of J. Hillis Miller, one of the most eminent literary scholars in America. For nearly half a century, Miller has been known for his close and imaginative engagement with the implications of European philosophical thought and for his passionate advocacy of close reading.Building on this intellect ..."
"The film-book The First Sail: J. Hillis Miller is based on the documentary film by the same name made in 2010. Together with the film transcript and an interview conducted by Taryn Devereux, the essays in this volume have been gathered from several international events devoted to Miller's works. With essays by Henry Sussman, Sarah Dillon, Charlie Gere, Nicholas Royle, Éamonn Dunne and Michael O'Rourke, Dragan Kujundžić, Julian Wolfreys ..."
SUNY Series, the Margins of Literature Ser. The Returns of History : Russian Nietzscheans after Modernity by DraganKujundzic Hardcover, 219 Pages, Published 1997 by State University Of New York Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-3233-4, ISBN: 0-7914-3233-5
"In this respect, history stands in a supplemental relationship to life. For history to
be proper history, it has to prey on life, to resist the presence and the forces of
forgetting; for life to experience the presence in full, what Nietzsche elsewhere
calls "Bejahung des Daseins," it has to abolish history, and yet keep it, and
nourish itself on it: "without forgetting, it is utterly impossible to live at all" (
Nietzsche 1990, 90) ..."
"This book is a marker of the GCGBPstate of theoryGC[yen] today. Its rich array of wideranging essays explores the dimensions and implications of the work of J. Hillis Miller, one of the most eminent literary scholars in America. For nearly half a century, Miller has been known for his close and imaginative engagement with the implications of European philosophical thought and for his passionate advocacy of close reading. Building on thi ..."
"The significance of the archive in modernity and in contemporary art; writings by Sigmund Freud, Michel Foucault, Hal Foster, and others, and essays on the archival practice of such artists as Gerhard Richter, Christian Boltanski, Renée Green, and The Atlas Group.In the modern era, the archive -- official or personal -- has become the most significant means by which historical knowledge and memory are collected, stored, and recovered. T ..."
"This volume is meant to be a retrospective look at the field of Comparative Literature as it has developed in the past two decades, as well as a reflection on its future direction if it is to remain relevant (and innovative) as a field of study. From its inception in the second half of the twentieth century, Comparative Literature in the United States has been conceived as a cross-disciplinary, cross-national, and cross-cultural enterpr ..."