{"product_id":"the-spell-of-language-poststructuralism-and-speculation-9780226650678","title":"The Spell of Language: Poststructuralism and Speculation","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thomas G. Pavel\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published as \u003ci\u003eLe Mirage linguistique\u003c\/i\u003e, this book remains the definitive study of the role of linguistics in structuralism and poststructuralism. Thomas Pavel examines recent French thought through the work of luminaries such as L�vi-Strauss, Lacan, Foucault, and Derrida. The \"spell of language\" for Pavel consists of three things: the promise that linguistics seemed to represent for the humanities and social sciences; the distortions, misunderstandings, and willful neglect incumbent upon the \"linguistic turn\"; and, above all, the break with traditional humanism. He isolates three modes of thought-moderate structuralism, scientific structuralism, and speculative structuralism-and shows how even as they diverge from each other, they all advocate an antihumanist point of view. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this spirited book, Pavel shows that structuralism's flawed use of linguistic theory has rendered hollow the philosophical core of a whole generation of work in the human sciences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46895875621015,"sku":"9780226650678","price":3711.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226650678.webp?v=1770355993","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-spell-of-language-poststructuralism-and-speculation-9780226650678","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}