Performativität und Rhetorik der Redlichkeit Nietzsche - Kleist - Kafka - Lasker-Schüler |
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| Author:
| Tolksdorf, Nina |
| Series title: | Hermaea. Neue Folge Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-067624-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2020 |
| Publisher: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.99 |
Book Description:
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As the understanding of subject and language changed in the 19thand 20th centuries, the concept of sincerity (Redlichkeit) was profoundly problematized. Rather than rejecting the term, this study develops a theory of rhetorical and performative sincerity that relies neither on the subject nor on propositional language. Close readings of literary texts show that this sincerity is a representational mode that reveals the possibility of ethical speech beyond the subject.
As the understanding of subject and language changed in the 19thand 20th centuries, the concept of sincerity (Redlichkeit) was profoundly problematized. Rather than rejecting the term, this study develops a theory of rhetorical and performative sincerity that relies neither on the subject nor on propositional language. Close readings of literary texts show that this sincerity is a representational mode that reveals the possibility of ethical speech beyond the subject.