Encountering ability : : on the relational nature of (human) performance / / by Scott DeShong.
"In 'Encountering Ability', Scott DeShong considers how ability and its correlative, disability, come into existence. Besides being articulated as physical, social, aesthetic, political, and specifically human, ability signifies and is signified such that signification itself is alway...
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| Superior document: | Value inquiry book series ; volume 294 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill/Rodopi,, [2016] 2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Value inquiry book series ;
v. 294. Value inquiry book series. Philosophy, literature, and politics. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (229 pages) |
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| Summary: | "In 'Encountering Ability', Scott DeShong considers how ability and its correlative, disability, come into existence. Besides being articulated as physical, social, aesthetic, political, and specifically human, ability signifies and is signified such that signification itself is always in question. Thus the language of ability and the ability of language constitute discourse that undermines foundations, including any foundation for discourse or ability. Drawing on Gilles Deleuze's theory of primary differentiation and Emmanuel Levinas's philosophy of ethical relationality, 'Encountering Ability' finds implications of music, theology, and cursing in the signification of ability, and also examines various literary texts, including works by Amiri Baraka and Marguerite Duras"-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004326537 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Scott DeShong. |