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Ethics before Comparison

Ethics before Comparison Palumbo-Liu explores the relation of literature and ethics, noting that literature is always about “something else.” Drawing from a number of specific cases, including the Rohingya refugee crisis, he connects material histories with cultural practices that defy simple thematization. With reference to Anton Shammas, Bessie Head, and John Berger, he reflects critically on the practice of comparison as embedded in the ethics of knowledge production. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Comparative Literature Duke University Press

Ethics before Comparison

Palumbo-Liu, David
Comparative Literature , Volume 72 (3) – Sep 1, 2020
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0010-4124
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Abstract

Palumbo-Liu explores the relation of literature and ethics, noting that literature is always about “something else.” Drawing from a number of specific cases, including the Rohingya refugee crisis, he connects material histories with cultural practices that defy simple thematization. With reference to Anton Shammas, Bessie Head, and John Berger, he reflects critically on the practice of comparison as embedded in the ethics of knowledge production.

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Comparative Literature – Duke University Press

Published: Sep 1, 2020

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  • The Decline of the Nation-State and the End of the Rights of Man
    Arendt, Hannah
  • A Moment in Ramallah
    Berger, John
  • Settler Colonialism Lurked beneath the Christchurch Massacre
    Kanji, Azeezah Palumbo-Liu, David
  • A Brief History of the Word ‘Rohingya’ at the Heart of a Humanitarian Crisis
    Mohdin, Aamna
  • Who Gets to Write the Encyclopedia? Rohingya ‘Expert’ Denies Genocide
    Palumbo-Liu, David
  • Torture into Affidavit, Dispossession into Poetry
    Shammas, Anton
  • Ethics and Politics in Tagore, Coetzee, and Certain Scenes of Teaching
    Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty
  • Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native
    Wolfe, Patrick
  • Final Text of the Jewish Nation-State Law
    Wootliff, Raoul