{"product_id":"give-the-word-responses-to-werner-hamachers-95-theses-on-philology-hardback-9781496206527","title":"Give the Word; Responses to Werner Hamacher's \"95 Theses on Philology\" (Hardback) 9781496206527","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGive the Word\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eResponses to Werner Hamacher's \"95 Theses on Philology\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGerhard Richter (Edited by), Ann Smock (Edited by), Werner Hamacher (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496206527\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 June 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages, 1 table, 8 indexes\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.4 cm, 0.82 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“This is a stunningly original collection of essays-utterly engrossing and compelling. Probing, erudite, elegant, witty, these essays explore the concept of philology at once literally (\u003ci\u003eliterally\u003c\/i\u003e “literally,” that is, to the letter, down to its smallest granules of articulation) and expansively, inviting us to rethink the fundamental categories of existence-language, translation, tradition, genealogy, history, sociability, love, kinship, in short, just about everything. Hamacher’s magnificent \u003ci\u003eTheses\u003c\/i\u003e could not find a more vibrant afterlife.”-Rebecca Comay, professor of philosophy and comparative literature at the University of Toronto\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Werner Hamacher’s \u003ci\u003e95 Theses on Philology\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a new radical understanding of philology distinct from its dusty nineteenth-century conception. The eleven responses to his \u003ci\u003e95 Theses\u003c\/i\u003e have provided him with an opportunity to comment extensively and in generous detail on the responses they provoked. Hamacher’s lengthy contribution is not only an extraordinary document of scholarly debate but also a superb piece in which he elaborates on the context of his \u003ci\u003eTheses\u003c\/i\u003e and on their rich theoretical and philosophical ramifications, thus also providing insight into the workings of his own thought.”-Rodolphe GaschÉ, Distinguished Professor and Eugenio Donato Chair of Comparative Literature, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWerner Hamacher’s witty and elliptical \u003ci\u003e95 Theses on Philology\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the humanities-and particularly academic philology-that assume language to be a given entity rather than an event. In \u003ci\u003eGive the Word\u003c\/i\u003e eleven scholars of literature and philosophy (Susan Bernstein, MichÈle Cohen-Halimi, Peter Fenves, Sean Gurd, Daniel Heller-Roazen, Jan Plug, Gerhard Richter, Avital Ronell, Thomas Schestag, Ann Smock, and Vincent van Gerven Oei) take up the challenge presented by Hamacher’s theses. At the close Hamacher responds to them in a spirited text that elaborates on the context of his \u003ci\u003e95 Theses\u003c\/i\u003e and its rich theoretical and philosophical ramifications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The \u003ci\u003e95 Theses\u003c\/i\u003e, included in this volume, makes this collection a rich resource for the study and practice of “radical philology.” Hamacher’s philology interrupts and transforms, parting with tradition precisely in order to remain faithful to its radical but increasingly occluded core.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The contributors test Hamacher’s break with philology in a variety of ways, attempting a philological practice that does not take language as an object of knowledge, study, or even love. Thus, in responding to Hamacher’s \u003ci\u003eTheses\u003c\/i\u003e, the authors approach language that, because it can never be an object of any kind, awakens an unfamiliar desire. Taken together these essays problematize philological ontology in a movement toward radical reconceptualizations of labor, action, and historical time.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e95 Theses on Philology \/ \u003ci\u003e95 Thesen zur Philologie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Werner Hamacher, translated by Catharine Diehl\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Gerhard Richter and Ann Smock\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. Balances1. Was heiß\u003cbr\u003et Lesen?-What Is Called Reading?\u003cbr\u003e Gerhard Richter\u003cbr\u003e 2. Language-Such-That-It’\u003cbr\u003es-Spoken\u003cbr\u003e MichÈ\u003cbr\u003ele Cohen-Halimi, translated by Ann Smock\u003cbr\u003e 3. 48: [this space intentionally left blank]\u003cbr\u003e Jan Plug\u003cbr\u003e 4. Catch a Wave: Sound, Poetry, Philology\u003cbr\u003e Sean Gurd\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. Times\u003cbr\u003e 5. Einmal ist Keinmal: On the 76th of Werner Hamacher’\u003cbr\u003es \u003ci\u003e95 Theses for Philology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ann Smock\u003cbr\u003e 6. Rereading \u003ci\u003etempus fugit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thomas Schestag\u003cbr\u003e 7. Language on Pause: Hamacher’\u003cbr\u003es Seconds of Celan and Daive\u003cbr\u003e Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. Categories\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Right Not to Complain: A Philology of Kinship\u003cbr\u003e Avital “\u003cbr\u003eIrony”\u003cbr\u003e Ronell\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Category of Philology\u003cbr\u003e Peter Fenves\u003cbr\u003e 10. The \u003ci\u003ePhil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eÍ\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ea\u003c\/i\u003e of Philology\u003cbr\u003e Susan Bernstein\u003cbr\u003e 11. Defining the Indefinite\u003cbr\u003e Daniel Heller-Roazen\u003cbr\u003e Part 4. Responding to Responses\u003cbr\u003e 12. What Remains to Be Said: On Twelve and More Ways of Looking at Philology\u003cbr\u003e Werner Hamacher, translated by Kristina Mendicino\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681772237080,"sku":"9781496206527","price":48.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/give-the-word-responses-to-werner-hamachers-95-theses-on-philology-hardback-9781496206527","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}