Mikhail Bakhtin An Aesthetic for Democracy |
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| Author:
| Hirschkop, Ken |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-815961-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2000 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $195.00 |
Book Description:
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In Mikhail Bakhtin: An Aesthetic for Democracy, Ken Hirschkop shows that behind the familiar mythical figure lies a writer bound up with the historical crises of his time. Using the latest Russian scholarship, Hirschkop shows that Bakhtin's analysis of language, literature, and culture were all part of a continuing search for an ethical culture which would be simultaneously modern, democratic, and aesthetically satisfying.
In Mikhail Bakhtin: An Aesthetic for Democracy, Ken Hirschkop shows that behind the familiar mythical figure lies a writer bound up with the historical crises of his time. Using the latest Russian scholarship, Hirschkop shows that Bakhtin's analysis of language, literature, and culture were all part of a continuing search for an ethical culture which would be simultaneously modern, democratic, and aesthetically satisfying.