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Postmodern Sophistry: Stanley Fish and the Critical Enterprise

Name: Postmodern Sophistry: Stanley Fish and the Critical Enterprise
Author: Gary A. Olson
ISBN: 9780791462133

by Gary A. Olson (Editor), Lynn Worsham (Editor), Barney Cokeliss (Photographer), Stanley Fish

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Overview

Fifteen prominent scholars from a range of academic disciplines-legal studies, critical legal studies, political science, Jewish studies, rhetoric, and literary studies-explore various aspects of cultural and literary critic Stanley Fish's work. They examine Fish's understanding of how interpretation functions, the various philosophical issues that Fish has addressed or failed to address in his work, and the political consequences of Fish's thought. Stanley Fish responds to the ideas put forth in this book in a detailed Afterword.

Author Biography: Gary A. Olson is Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of South Florida at St. Petersburg. Lynn Worsham is Professor of English at the University of South Florida. Olson is the author of Justifying Belief: Stanley Fish and the Work of Rhetoric, and Olson and Worsham are the coeditors of Critical Intellectuals on Writing, both published by SUNY Press.