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Bloodrites of the Bost-Structuralists: Word, Flesh and Revolution

by Anne Norton

Words, bodies, and political history

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Words, bodies, and political history

Anne Norton examines how language and embodied experience shape one another in historical and political life. Drawing on laws, scriptures, myths, and philosophical writing, the book places the relationship between word and body in contexts that include the French and English Revolutions and anti-colonial and post-colonial history. Figures and sources named in the description range from Sarah in the Bible and Marat to Hegel and Foucault. The book’s central question—how to write history when it is no longer linear—connects these varied materials to a broader inquiry into historical interpretation and political change.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in post-structuralist thought and its historical context.
  • For readers exploring connections among language, political life, and the body.
  • For readers studying revolutionary and post-colonial histories through philosophy.

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Language and embodied experienceHistorical interpretationRevolution and post-colonialismPost-structuralism

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Book overview

How do you write history when it's no longer linear? In Bloodrites of the Post-Structuralists, respected political theorist Anne Norton reminds us of the real interplay between words (laws, scriptures, myths, and texts), and the world of flesh. Drawing from sources as diverse as foundational myths from Sarah in the bible, Marat in his death bath, and thinkers like Hegel and Foucault, Norton reinterprets the relationship between word and flesh and places it in historical context. The French and English Revolutions, as well as the period of anti-colonialism and post-colonialism are used to frame her discussion of word and body, and their historical significance.
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