In contrast to speech act theory, which looks at what has been done with words, the eight essays in this volume focus on critical moments in philosophical and literary texts during which language itself arrests otherwise continuous processes and procedures. Fenves (German and comparative literary studies, Northwestern U.) analyzes the effects of what he calls ＂pure words＂ such as the fatal verdict of divine wisdom in Leibniz and the recurrence of angelic intervention in Irigaray. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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