Is Critique “Universal”? Swift’s Drapier’s Letters and the Possibility of Universal Public Reason

This article seeks to examine the dimension of “courage” or “risk” involved in the exercise of critique through a genealogical survey in relation to Michel Foucault’s work on Parrhēsia and an examination of Jonathan Swift’s Drapier’s Letters as an exemplar depicting the contours of “norm” in 18th ce...

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Main Author: Suvendu Ghatak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ratnabali Publisher 2016-02-01
Series:Sanglap: Journal of Literary and Cultural Inquiry
Online Access:http://sanglap-journal.in/index.php/sanglap/article/view/124