{"product_id":"for-fear-of-the-fire-joan-of-arc-and-the-limits-of-subjectivity-paperback","title":"For Fear of the Fire: Joan of Arc and the Limits of Subjectivity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrançoise Meltzer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy are contemporary secular theorists so frequently drawn to saints, martyrs, and questions of religion? Why has Joan of Arc fascinated some of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century? In a book that faces crucial issues in both critical and feminist inquiry, Françoise Meltzer uses the story of Joan as a guide for reading the postmodern nostalgia for a body that is intact and transparent. She argues that critics who place excessive emphasis on opposition and difference remain blind to their nostalgia for the pre-Cartesian idea that the body and mind are the same. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Engaging a number of theorists, and alternating between Joan's historical and cultural context, Meltzer also explores the ways in which postmodern thinkers question subjectivity. She argues that the way masculine subjects imagine Joan betrays their fear of death and necessitates the role of women as cultural others: enigmatic, mysterious, dark, and impossible. As such, Joan serves as a useful model of the limits and risks of subjectivity. For Meltzer, she is both the first modern and the last medieval figure. From the ecclesial jury that burned her, to the theorists of today who deny their attraction to the supernatural, the philosophical assumptions that inform Joan's story, as Meltzer ultimately shows, have changed very little.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy are contemporary secular theorists so frequently drawn to saints, martyrs, and questions of religion? Why has Joan of Arc fascinated some of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century? In a book that faces crucial issues in both critical and gender inquiry, Françoise Meltzer uses the story of Joan as a guide for reading the postmodern nostalgia for a body that is intact and transparent. She argues that critics who place excessive emphasis on opposition and difference betray a nostalgia for an imagined, pre-Cartesian time when body and mind are as one. Engaging a number of theorists, and alternating between Joan's historical and cultural context, Meltzer explores the ways in which postmodern thinkers question and gender subjectivity. She argues that the way masculine subjects imagine Joan betrays their fear of death and necessitates the role of woman as other. As such, Joan serves as a useful model of the limits and risks of subjectivity. For Meltzer, she is both the first modern and the last medieval figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrançoise Meltzer\u003c\/b\u003e is the chair of the Department of Comparative Literature and professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Divinity School, and the College at the University of Chicago. She is the author of several works, including \u003ci\u003eHot Property\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Trial(s) of Psychoanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSalome and the Dance of Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCritical Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9.1 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42771557777504,"sku":"9780226519821","price":93.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/nbw-BBrqCI9780226519821.webp?v=1779785474","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/for-fear-of-the-fire-joan-of-arc-and-the-limits-of-subjectivity-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}