{"product_id":"against-transgression","title":"Against Transgression","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoth a controversial account of the transgressive turn in critical thought characteristic of the moral turmoil of the Twentieth Century, and a provocative study of maternal transfiguration in the author's own turn from Transgression, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Transgression\u003c\/i\u003e poses an urgent question for the current generation of literary critics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudies the origins of the contemporary proliferation of 'Transgression' in the compelling thought experiments of Georges Bataille, and follows its inauguration as a mode of legitimate critical practice via Michel Foucault.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTracks the author's rejection of Transgression as a legitimate critical methodology following her mother's death and her own maternal transfiguration.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows how the po-faced claims of critical methodology can be exploded by genuinely personal reflection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsiders the place of grief in the transformation of thought.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArgues against the model of the 'death of god' that underpins the transgressive turn in critical thought, and for a more courageous account of the inevitable return of numinous desires.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsiders the moral responsibility of the critical writer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraces the transfiguration of the author from transgressive daughter to maternal agent.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54257327112536,"sku":"9781405169899","price":26.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781405169899_47c7695c-973d-483e-8d40-f1b44e0e5c51.jpg?v=1767773713","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/against-transgression","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}