Mikhail Bakhtins Heritage in Literature, Arts, and Psychology
Art and Answerability
Contributions by Greg M. Nielsen, Michael Eskin, Margarita Marinova, Dick McCaw, Yelena Mazour-Matusevich, James Cresswell, Yumi Tanaka, Ricardo Castells, Victor Fet, Melissa Garr, Brian M. Phillips, Steven Mills, Michael E. Gardiner, Pablo José Carvajal Pedraza, Andres Hayes Edited by Slav N. Gratchev, Howard Mancing
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Publication date:
15 September 2018Length of book:
384 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9781498582704
Art and Answerability, the work that would become Mikhail Bakhtin’s literary manifesto, was first published in Den Iskusstva (The Day of the Art) on September 13, 1919. Mikhail Bakhtin’s Heritage in Literature, Arts, and Psychology: Art and Answerability celebrates one hundred years of Bakhtin’s heritage.
This unique book examines the heritage of Mikhail Bakhtin in a variety of disciplines. To articulate the enduring relevance and heritage of the varied works of Bakhtin, sixteen scholars from eight countries have come together, and each has brought his/her unique perspective to the subject. Bakhtin’s work in aesthetics, moral philosophy, linguistics, psychology, carnival, cognition, contextualism, and the history and theory of the novel are present here, as understood by a wide variety of distinguished scholars.
This unique book examines the heritage of Mikhail Bakhtin in a variety of disciplines. To articulate the enduring relevance and heritage of the varied works of Bakhtin, sixteen scholars from eight countries have come together, and each has brought his/her unique perspective to the subject. Bakhtin’s work in aesthetics, moral philosophy, linguistics, psychology, carnival, cognition, contextualism, and the history and theory of the novel are present here, as understood by a wide variety of distinguished scholars.
This fascinating volume successfully demonstrates the growing influence of Mikhail Bakhtin across diverse disciplines, featuring scholarship in narratology, poetics, film, popular culture, psychology, philosophy, disability studies as well as from a variety of literary traditions. Moreover, it exemplifies Bakhtin’s global impact, including scholars from Europe, Eastern Europe, the Americas, and Asia who take up topics that are just as geographically diverse. Its robust global and comparative focus signals the power of Bakhtin’s ideas to continue to inspire creative, new applications that will change how we understand the arts, ourselves, and the world.