Thoreau's democratic withdrawal : alienation, participation, and modernity / Shannon L. Mariotti.

  • Mariotti, Shannon L. (Shannon Lee)
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[2010], ©2010
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Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2010], ©2010.

Physical description

xviii, 222 pages ; 23 cm.

Contents

Damaged life, the microscopic gaze and Adorno's practice of negative dialectics -- Alienated existence, focal distancing and Emerson's transcendental idealism -- Man as machine : Thoreau and modern alienation -- Huckleberrying toward democracy : Thoreau's practices of withdrawal -- Traveling away from home : Thoreau's spaces of withdrawal -- Alienation and the anti-foundationalist foundation of the self.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2012. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.

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