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Publication details

Publisher: Metzler

Place: Stuttgart

Year: 2012

Pages: 231-237

ISBN (Hardback): 9783476023063

Full citation:

Christoph Reinfandt, "Systems theory", in: English and American studies, Stuttgart, Metzler, 2012

Abstract

Not very far into William Blake's huge multi-media epic Jerusalem (1804–1820), the mythical but very modern character Los cries out indignantly: "I must Create a System, or be enslaved by another Man's. / I will not Reason fuhao Compare: my business is to Create" (Plate 10). To this day, every attempt at introducing systems-theoretical thinking to the fields of literary and cultural studies faces frequent resistance along similar lines: Why would one resort to another man's—or another discipline's—system, when the very word 'system" itself seems to be alien to the flexibility and personal relevance of many of the aesthetic practices examined in literary and cultural studies? The following observations will try to counter these charges.

Publication details

Publisher: Metzler

Place: Stuttgart

Year: 2012

Pages: 231-237

ISBN (Hardback): 9783476023063

Full citation:

Christoph Reinfandt, "Systems theory", in: English and American studies, Stuttgart, Metzler, 2012