Beschreibung:
An exploration of the theoretical and political consequences of the post-Enlightenment "self" and of the concept of self-referentiality.
Preface ixIntroduction. European Theory in America 1I. The Age of the World Target: Atomic Bombs, Alterity, Area Studies 25II. The Interruption of Referentiality: or, Poststructuralism's Outside 45III. The Old/New Question of Comparison in Literary Studies: A Post-European Perspective 71Notes 93Index 117