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Title: | Editorial : critical distance |
Authors: | Corby, James |
Keywords: | Editorials Literature Culture Intellectual life |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Citation: | Corby, J. (2017). Editorial : critical distance. Journal for Cultural Research, 21(4), 293-294. |
Abstract: | In the context of any attempt to rethink the modalities, possibilities, conditions and limitations of critical thought, the otherwise sober and restrained notion of ‘critical distance’, with all its implications of unhurried reason and mastery, offers a compelling perspective on what may be at stake. The term itself can be understood in several ways. The familiar understanding still stands: it is the distance from an object or event needed for the appropriate sensitiveness, rigour and incisiveness in considering that object or event to be possible. This consideration might take the form of aesthetic appreciation, but more commonly notions of evaluation and judgement are intended. The implication in the case of the latter understanding is that for judgement or criticism to take place, a certain decisive distance is required. This distance need not necessarily be understood as excluding proximity, however. In some instances the critical distance might require closeness. [Excerpt] |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/102716 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtEng |
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