The Ascetic Imperative in Culture and Criticism - Geoffrey Galt Harpham

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The Ascetic Imperative in Culture and Criticism

By: Geoffrey Galt Harpham

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Paperback | 15 February 1992 | Edition Number 1

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344 Pages

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In this bold interdisciplinary work, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that asceticism has played a major role in shaping Western ideas of the body, writing, ethics, and aesthetics. He suggests that we consider the ascetic as "the 'cultural' element in culture," and presents a close analysis of works by Athanasius, Augustine, Matthias, Grï¿½newald, Nietzsche, Foucault, and other thinkers as proof of the extent of asceticism's resources. Harpham demonstrates the usefulness of his findings by deriving from asceticism a "discourse of resistance," a code of interpretation ultimately more generous and humane than those currently available to us.

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