Chapter Four. (Montesquieu) Idealism And History: Althusser And The Critique Of Origins

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Introduction: The Open Boundary Of History/Fiction 1
5. Chapter One. (Voltaire) Establishing Rationality In The Historical Text: Foucault And The Problem Of Unreason 29
6. Chapter Two. (Voltaire) The Question Of Genre: White, Genette, And The Limits Of Formalism 57
7. Chapter Three. (Montesquieu) The Cultural Boundaries Of History: Levi-Strauss, Structuralism, And The Paradoxical Situation Of The Outsider 95
8. Chapter Four. (Montesquieu) Idealism And History: Althusser And The Critique Of Origins 129
9. Chapter Five. (Conmlac, Diderot) The Limits And Conditions Of Empirical Knowledge Or The Theaters Of Perception 161
10. Chapter Six. (Diderot) The Boundaries Of Narrative: Determinism And Narrative Theory 200
11. Chapter Seven. (Rousseau) The Theatricality Of Nature And History: De Man, Derrida, And The Historicity Of Language 234
12. Conclusion: History/Fiction And Contemporary Theory 285
13. Index 295