{"product_id":"the-ascetic-imperative-in-culture-and-criticism-paperback","title":"The Ascetic Imperative in Culture and Criticism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Galt Harpham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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, Grünewald, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Galt Harpham\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of English at Tulane University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eGetting It Right: Language, Literature and Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by the University of Chicago Press, and \u003ci\u003eOn the Grotesque: Strategies of Contradiction in Art and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.95 x 6.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47336817819897,"sku":"9780226316925","price":88.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/lzvJhjh1k19780226316925.webp?v=1769671299","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-ascetic-imperative-in-culture-and-criticism-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}