Doing What Comes Naturally

Doing What Comes Naturally by Stanley Fish

In a succession of provocative and wide-ranging chapters, Stanley Fish explores the rational basis of our literary, legal, and psychoanalytic interpretations. He argues that while we can never separate our judgements from the context in which they are made, those judgements are nevertheless authoritative, and in the only way that matters, objective. He explores the implications of his ideas on the nature of professional and institutional culture, on literary theory, the philosophy of law, and the sociology of knowledge, and assesses the place of reason in a rhetorical world.

'easily the best book of literary theory published in the last few years.. There isn't a drop of jargon in sight ... no one can doubt the brilliance of Fish's writing.' James Wood, Guardian

Fish, Stanley: - Stanley Fish is the Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Humanities and Law at Florida International University and a visiting professor of law at Cardozo University. He has previously taught at the University of California at Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago where he was dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He has received many honors and awards, including being named the Chicagoan of the Year for Culture. He is the author of many renowned books, including Winning Arguments and How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One. Fish is a former weekly columnist for The New York Times. His essays and articles have appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Harper's Magazine, Esquire, and The Atlantic.

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ISBN 13	9780198129998
ISBN 10	0198129998
Title	Doing What Comes Naturally
Author	Stanley Fish
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	1990-10-25
Number of pages	624
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