Hyper/Text/TheoryGeorge P. Landow In his widely acclaimed book Hypertext George P. Landow described a radically new information technology and its relationship to the work of such literary theorists as Jacques Derrida and Roland Barthes. Now Landow has brought together a distinguished group of authorities to explore more fully the implications of hypertextual reading for contemporary literary theory. Among the contributors, Charles Ess uses the work of Jürgen Habermas and the Frankfurt School to examine hypertext's potential for true democratization. Stuart Moulthrop turns to Deleuze and Guattari as a point of departure for a study of the relation of hypertext and political power. Espen Aarseth places hypertext within a framework created by other forms of electronic textuality. David Kolb explores what hypertext implies for philosophy and philosophical discourse. Jane Yellowlees Douglas, Gunnar Liestol, and Mireille Rosello use contemporary theory to come to terms with hypertext narrative. Terrence Harpold investigates the hypertextual fiction of Michael Joyce. Drawing on Derrida, Lacan, and Wittgenstein, Gregory Ulmer offers an example of the new form of writing hypertextuality demands. |
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... ethics has been a theme of philosophical analysis and discussion by critical theorists such as Habermas , critical ... ethic what he identifies as the basic assumption of conversation or discourse : " Whoever expresses a value judgment ...
... ethic ar- ticulates a standard or criterion that , he claims , is universally valid . That is , the rules and conditions of the ideal speech situation are neces- sary conditions for achieving legitimate moral norms , norms that legit ...
... ethic thereby avoids the absolute tolerance of a consistent ethi- cal relativism . Whereas an ethical relativist would be forced to accept the legitimacy of moral norms achieved , for example , through the threat of force against a ...
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Nonlinearity and Literary Theory | |
Wittgenstein Genette and the Readers Narrative | 5 |
Espen J Aarseth | |
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