Against TransgressionISBN: 978-1-4051-6989-9
Paperback
160 pages
May 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Studies 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.
- Tracks the author’s rejection of Transgression as a
legitimate critical methodology following her mother’s death
and her own maternal transfiguration.
- Shows how the po-faced claims of critical methodology can be
exploded by genuinely personal reflection.
- Considers the place of grief in the transformation of
thought.
- Argues 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.
- Considers the moral responsibility of the critical
writer.
- Traces the transfiguration of the author from transgressive daughter to maternal agent.
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