Showing papers on "Criticism published in 1980"
Book•
31 Aug 1980
TL;DR: The authors presented a selection of seven of Foucault's most important published essays, translated from the French, with an introductory essay and notes by Donald F. Bouchard, with a summary of a course given by Foucaine at College de France.
Abstract: Because of their range, brilliance, and singularity, the ideas of the philosopher-critic-historian Michel Foucault have gained extraordinary currency throughout the Western intellectual community. This book offers a selection of seven of Foucault's most important published essays, translated from the French, with an introductory essay and notes by Donald F. Bouchard. Also included are a summary of a course given by Foucault at College de France; the transcript of a conversation between Foucault and Gilles Deleuze; and an interview with Foucault that appeared in the journal Actuel. Professor Bouchard has divided the book into three closely related sections. The four essays in Part One examine language as a "perilous limit" of what we know and what we are. The essays in the second part suggest the methodological guidelines to which Foucault subscribes, and they record, in the editor's words, "the penetration of the language of literature into the domain of discursive thought." The material in the last section is more obviously political than the essays. It treats language in use, language attempting to impart knowledge and power. Translated by the editor and Sherry Simon into fluent and lucid English, these essays will appeal primarily to students of literature, especially those interested in contemporary continental structuralist criticism. But because of the breadth of Foucault's interests, they should also prove valuable to anthropologists, linguists, sociologists, and psychologists.
1,149 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conclude that the strengths of the schema framework more than outweigh the liabilities associated with these criticisms, and conclude that it is more suitable for real social phenomena than old wine in a new bottle.
Abstract: Recent enthusiasm for the social schema concept has been accompanied by a wave of criticism. Skeptics argue that the concept is imprecise and nonfalsifiable, irrelevant to real social phenomena, and simply old wine in a new bottle. While finding elements of truth in each criticism, this article concludes that the strengths of the schema framework more than outweigh the liabilities associated with these criticisms.
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TL;DR: For those of us who studied literature, a previously unspoken sense of exclusion from authorship, and a painfully personal distress at discovering whores, bitches, muses, and heroines dead in childbirth where we had once hoped to discover ourselves, could-for the first time-begin to be understood as more than a set of disconnected, unrealized private emotions as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Had anyone the prescience, ten years ago, to pose the question of defining a "feminist" literary criticism, she might have been told, in the wake of Mary Ellmann's Thinking About Women,' that it involved exposing the sexual stereotyping of women in both our literature and our literary criticism and, as well, demonstrating the inadequacy of established critical schools and methods to deal fairly or sensitively with works written by women In broad outline, such a prediction would have stood well the test of time, and, in fact, Ellmann's book continues to be widely read and to point us in useful directions What could not have been anticipated in 1969, however, was the catalyzing force of an ideology that, for many of us, helped to bridge the gap between the world as we found it and the world as we wanted it to be For those of us who studied literature, a previously unspoken sense of exclusion from authorship, and a painfully personal distress at discovering whores, bitches, muses, and heroines dead in childbirth where we had once hoped to discover ourselves, could-for the first time-begin to be understood as more than "a set of disconnected, unrealized private emotions"2 With a renewed courage to make public our otherwise private discontents, what had once been "felt individually as personal insecurity" came at last to be "viewed collectively as structural inconsistency"3 within the very disciplines we studied Following unflinchingly the full implications of Ellmann's percepient observations, and emboldened by the liberating energy of feminist ideology-in all its various forms and guises-feminist criticism very quickly moved beyond merely "expos[ing] sexism in one work of literature after another,"4 and promised, instead, that we might at last "begin to record new choices in a new literary history"5 So powerful was that impulse that we experienced it, along with Adrienne Rich, as
203 citations
TL;DR: The music critic's stock-in-trade consists of the "criticism of art and especially of literature" as mentioned in this paper, and the music critic may accept it grudgingly, keeping a higher end in view, or he may depend on it to hide what may gently be called his lack of intellectual rigor.
Abstract: As a matter of general usage, the term "criticism" is applied to music in an anomalous and notably shallow way. This is regrettable but not easy to change so long as the usage has the consent of musicians and nonmusicians alike. When people say "music criticism," they almost invariably mean daily or weekly journalistic writing, writing which is prohibited from the extended, detailed, and complex mulling over of the matter at hand that is taken for granted in the criticism of art and especially of literature. Journalistic writing about music is posited on and formed by this prohibition. The music critic may accept it grudgingly, keeping a higher end in view, or he may depend on it to hide what may gently be called his lack of intellectual rigor; in any case, the prohibition is central to his metier. The music critic's stock-in-trade consists of the
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TL;DR: In this paper, a theory of strategic, political silence is proposed, which is illustrated in a criticism of President Jimmy Carter's silence from 5 July to 15 July 1979, from the perspective of secrecy, uncertainty, passivity and relinquishment.
Abstract: This essay outlines a theory of strategic, political silence. That sort of silence directs public attribution of predictable meanings towards political leaders who unexpectedly refuse to speak in public. Those meanings are mystery, uncertainty, passivity, and relinquishment. The theory is illustrated in a criticism of President Carter's silence from 5 July to 15 July 1979.
89 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a methodological critique of Richard Larson's criticism of the Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment is presented, focusing on the measurement issues which were the focus of his critique.
Abstract: This research briefis a methodological critique of Richard Larson's criticism of the Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment. The measurement issues, which are the focus of his critique, are rea...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the various arguments that have been presented for retaining masculine/generic usage are illustrated and analyzed and classified as follows: (1) the "cross-cultural" arguments, (2) the 'language is a trivial concern', (3) the freedom of speech,/unjustified coercion, (4) the ‘sexist language is not sexist,’ arguments; (5) the ''word-etymology'' arguments, ''appeal to authority'' arguments; ''change is too difficult, inconvenient, impractical or whatever' arguments; and ''
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that realism is immune to Putnam's criticism and that attempts at reformulating this criticism are not likely to meet with success, and that realism may be formulated in such a way that the realist need make no appeal to any "intended" interpretation of such a theory.
Abstract: In "Realism and Reason" Hilary Putnam has offered an apparently strong argument that the position of metaphysical realism provides an incoherent model of the relation of a correct scientific theory to the world. However, although Putnam's attack upon the notion of the "intended" interpretation of a scientific theory is sound, it is shown here that realism may be formulated in such a way that the realist need make no appeal to any "intended" interpretation of such a theory. Consequently, it can be shown that realism is immune to Putnam's criticism and that attempts at reformulating this criticism are not likely to meet with success.
TL;DR: In this article, a note on theory and practice in rhetorical criticism is given, along with a review of the current state of the art in Rhetorical Criticism: The State of the Art, pp. 331-336.
Abstract: (1980). A note on theory and practice in rhetorical criticism. Western Journal of Speech Communication: Vol. 44, Rhetorical Criticism: The State of the Art, pp. 331-336.
TL;DR: Recently, recent sentencing reform legislation legitimated by this criticism has taken on a con servative character as mentioned in this paper, and this development is documented here, and explained in terms of political and social change over the past decade.
Abstract: Criticism of indeterminate sentencing was initially advanced as part of a larger radical program to transform American society. Yet recent sentencing reform legislation legitimated by this criticism has taken on a con servative character. This development is documented here, and explained in terms of political and social change over the past decade.
TL;DR: The authors discuss concepts and applications in rhetorical criticism and propose a framework for rhetorical criticism in the state of the art. But their work is limited to three categories of rhetorical criticism: Rhetorical Criticism: The State of the Art,
Abstract: (1980). Genre: Concepts and applications in rhetorical criticism. Western Journal of Speech Communication: Vol. 44, Rhetorical Criticism: The State of the Art, pp. 288-299.
TL;DR: In this article, a detailed and profound criticism of some conclusions in my Eisangelia has been published, which has forced me to reconsider the subject of the eisenangelia itself.
Abstract: In JHS xcix (1979) 103–14 Dr Rhodes published an article, ‘Eisangelia in Athens’, which is primarily a detailed and profound criticism of some conclusions in my Eisangelia. The Sovereignty of the People's Court in Athens in the Fourth Century B.C. and the Impeachment of Generals and Politicians (Odense 1975). His objections have forced me to reconsider the subject. In ‘Demos, Ecclesia and Dicasterion in Classical Athens’, GRBS xix (1978) 127–46, I have already dealt with the part of Rhodes' article based on the assumption that the Solonian Heliaia was a judicial session of the ekklesia. Here I discuss the eisangelia itself.
TL;DR: In this article, two views of truth and criticism are presented for Social Knowledge and Citizenship Education: Two Views of Truth and Criticism: Curriculum Inquiry: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp 115-141.
Abstract: (1980). Social Knowledge and Citizenship Education: Two Views of Truth and Criticism. Curriculum Inquiry: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 115-141.
TL;DR: In this paper, the state of the art in Dramaturgical Theory and Criticism is discussed, with a focus on the state-of-the-art in Rhetorical Criticism.
Abstract: (1980). Dramaturgical theory and criticism: The state of the art (or science?) Western Journal of Speech Communication: Vol. 44, Rhetorical Criticism: The State of the Art, pp. 315-330.
Book•
01 Jan 1980
TL;DR: The Princeton Legacy Library as discussed by the authors uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
Abstract: This book provides and defends an analysis of our concept of the meaning of a literary work. P. D. Juhl challenges a number of widely held views concerning the role of an author's intention: the distinction between the real and the implied" author; and the question of whether a work has not one correct, but many acceptable interpretations.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
TL;DR: Part 1: Decisions and Procedures Part 2: Procedural Fairness and Equality 1. Majority Rule and Fairness 2. Procedural fairness and justification 3. Internal Criticism 4. Self Government, Consent and Authorization 5. Equal Rights to Participate 6. Conclusion.
Abstract: Part 1: Decisions and Procedures Part 2: Procedural Fairness and Equality 1. Majority Rule and Fairness 2. Procedural Fairness and Justification 3. Possible Replies and Further Considerations Conclusions Part 3: Participation 1. Background: Schumpeter and the Revisionists 2. Participation Theory 3. Problems and Questions 4. Self Government, Consent and Authorization 5. Equal Rights to Participate 6. Participation and Virtue Conclusions Part 4: Popular Sovereignty 1. Arrow's Theorem 2. The Relevance of Arrow's Theorem 3. An Alternative Approach 4. Why Popular Sovereignty? 5. Some Consequences Part 5: Economic Theories 1. An Example of Economic Analysis: The Intensity Problem 2. Buchanan and Tullock's Rationale for Democracy 3. Internal Criticism 4. External Criticism Part 6: Open Government and Just Legislation: A Defense of Democracy 1. Dahl on Madison 2. Morality and Just Government 3. A Conception of Morality 4. Democracy and Just Government: Mill's Argument 5. Summary, Objections and Qualifications 6. Comparisons and Contrasts Part 7: Law and Morality: The Problem of Political Obligation 1. Law and Morality 2. An Act Utilitarian View 3. The Content of Morality and the Interpretation of Law 4. Secondary Principles of Obligation
Dissertation•
17 Jul 1980
TL;DR: The authors discusses music criticism in the New York Times and New York Tribune from 1851-1876, and discusses music analysis in the music review section of the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra.
Abstract: This doctoral dissertation discusses music criticism in the New York Times and the New York Tribune from 1851-1876.
01 Jan 1980
TL;DR: In fact, the most detailed critique of Goffman along these lines is Alvin Gouldner's analysis as mentioned in this paper, and it is worth noting that the most extensive critique of this line of work is due to the fact that it ignores the interrelationship among power, hierarchy, and status in everyday life.
Abstract: Among the most commonly overlooked set of insights offered by Erving Goffman is his commentary, comprised of both explicit and implicit elements, on the interrelationship among power, hierarchy, and status in everyday life. In fact, Goffman has been subject to criticism for his apparent failure to treat these sorts of stratification-related phenomena. To date the most detailed critique of Goffman along these lines is Alvin Gouldner’s analysis.1
TL;DR: The State of Criticism Symposium on Critical Theory at the Partisan Review Conference on Literature as discussed by the authors was a seminal event in the history of critical theory in literature, with a focus on structuralist and poststructuralist critical theory and the threat it poses for literature.
Abstract: Last fall Partisan Review conducted a two-day symposium under the general title "The State of Criticism." Although various sessions were designed to treat a variety of topics, most presentations were dominated by one continuing theme: structuralist and poststructuralist critical theory and the threat that it somehow poses for literature. My own role in these proceedings was limited to that of discussant; I was to comment on the main paper, written by Morris Dickstein and delivered as the substance of a session dedicated to the influence of recent critical theory on the vehicles of mass culture. As will become obvious, Dickstein's paper was yet another statement of the general sense that literary criticism (understood as an academic discipline) had fallen hostage to an invading force, that this force was undermining critical practice (understood as close reading) and, through that corrosive effect, was eating away at our concept of literature itself. My comments had, then, a very particular point of origin. But the views against which those comments were directed are extremely widespread within the literary establishment-both inside and outside the academy-where a sense of the pernicious nature of poststructuralism has led to more recent projects devoted to "How to Rescue Literature."' Thus, despite the specific occasion that gave rise to my discussion of the "paraliterary," I believe this is of much wider conceptual interest. I therefore reproduce in full my remarks.
TL;DR: Based on participant observation and other qualitative data collected at 15 institutions for the mentally retarded, this study is directed to determining how institutional officials deal with outside criticism of their facilities.
Abstract: Based on participant observation and other qualitative data collected at 15 institutions for the mentally retarded, this study is directed to determining how institutional officials deal with outside criticism of their facilities. Over the past decade and a half, the legitimacy of institutions for the retarded has been challenged by professionals, courts, parent groups, and the media. Officials have reacted to outside criticism by developing new legitimating myths, increasingly sophisticated impression-management techniques, and detailed rationales for the all-too-visible discrepancy between goals and practices. Thus, this paper is concerned with the symbolic nature of the institution's struggle for survival.