Engelstein Sibling Action

The Genealogical Structure of Modernity
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-231-54271-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Stefani Engelstein argues that the sibling paradigm shaped the modern subject, life sciences, human sciences, and collective identities such as race, religion, and gender. Integrating close readings with panoramic intellectual history, Sibling Action presents a compelling new understanding of systems of knowledge.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Engelstein, Stefani

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Transzendentalphilosophie, Kritizismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Sibling and Modernity
Part I. Recuperating the Sibling
1. Sibling Logic
Part II. Fraternity and Revolution
2. The Shadows of Fraternity
3. Economizing Desire: The Sibling (in) Law
Part III. Genealogical Sciences
4. Living Languages: Comparative Philology and Evolution
5. The East Comes Home: Race and Religion
Epilogue: Spawning Disciplines
Notes
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stefani Engelstein is associate professor and chair of the department of Germanic languages and literature at Duke University. She is the author of Anxious Anatomy: The Conception of the Human Form in Literary and Naturalist Discourse (2008) and coeditor of Contemplating Violence: Critical Studies in Modern German Culture (2011).