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The Disarticulate is an important intervention in the field of disability studies, especially as it provides a solid historicization of the ways 'cognitive impairment' is at the very center of modernity. As the field turns decisively towards such questions, James Berger's work will be an invaluable guide, moving the conversation decisively forward. -Robert McRuer, author of Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability

With this book Berger has made a unique, durable contribution to disability studies, American studies, and literary scholarship in general. His multidisciplinary scope is impressive, especially in terms of his wide-ranging subject matter, his ability to synthesize seemingly disparate scholarly enterprises and subjects, and his treatment and integration of disability theory and literary theory. Summing Up: Highly recommended. -Choice [T]he book is a valuable contribution to disability studies both for its speculations and specific readings. It is a very thoughtful and thought-filled work, nuanced and wide-ranging, which should have an effect on the field. -Critical Inquiry In Holderlin's famous hymn, 'Celebration of Peace,' the poet warns of a return to stillness-the condition of the cessation of language. There has to be some guarantee of language leaking in during the greatest moment of muteness. Berger offers such an opening with bright, eloquent, yet cautious terms that bravely confront the threat of linguistic foreclosure. At times close to Nietzsche's subterranean howl, he philosophizes with a stammer, passing the mic to those who speak otherwise, according to untapped locutions. -Avital Ronell,author of Loser Sons: Politics and Authority The Disarticulate is an important intervention in the field of disability studies, providing a solid historicization of the ways 'cognitive impairment' is at the very center of modernity. As the field turns decisively towards such questions, James Berger's work will be an invaluable guide, moving the conversation decisively forward. -Robert McRuer,author of Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability

The Disarticulate is an important intervention in the field of disability studies, providing a solid historicization of the ways 'cognitive impairment' is at the very center of modernity. As the field turns decisively towards such questions, James Berger's work will be an invaluable guide, moving the conversation decisively forward. -Robert McRuer, author of Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability

The Disarticulate is an important intervention in the field of disability studies, providing a solid historicization of the ways 'cognitive impairment' is at the very center of modernity. As the field turns decisively towards such questions, James Berger's work will be an invaluable guide, moving the conversation decisively forward. -Robert McRuer,author of Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability In Holderlin's famous hymn, `Celebration of Peace,' the poet warns of a return to stillness-the condition of the cessation of language. There has to be some guarantee of language leaking in during the greatest moment of muteness. Berger offers such an opening with bright, eloquent, yet cautious terms that bravely confront the threat of linguistic foreclosure. At times close to Nietzsche's subterranean howl, he philosophizes with a stammer, passing the mic to those who speak otherwise, according to untapped locutions. -Avital Ronell,author of Loser Sons: Politics and Authority [...] The Disarticulate represents a wide-ranging, provocative, and often compelling attempt to create dialogue that is bound to have an impact on future work in each field. -American Literature With this book Berger has made a unique, durable contribution to disability studies, American studies, and literary scholarship in general. His multidisciplinary scope is impressive, especially in terms of his wide-ranging subject matter, his ability to synthesize seemingly disparate scholarly enterprises and subjects, and his treatment and integration of disability theory and literary theory. Summing Up: Highly recommended. -Choice [T]he book is a valuable contribution to disability studies both for its speculations and specific readings. It is a very thoughtful and thought-filled work, nuanced and wide-ranging, which should have an effect on the field. -Critical Inquiry

In Holderlin's famous hymn, 'Celebration of Peace, ' the poet warns of a return to stillness--the condition of the cessation of language. There has to be some guarantee of language leaking in during the greatest moment of muteness. Berger offers such an opening with bright, eloquent, yet cautious terms that bravely confront the threat of linguistic foreclosure. At times close to Nietzsche's subterranean howl, he philosophizes with a stammer, passing the mic to those who speak otherwise, according to untapped locutions. -Avital Ronell, author of Loser Sons: Politics and Authority

[T]he book is a valuable contribution to disability studies both for its speculations and specific readings. It is a very thoughtful and thought-filled work, nuanced and wide-ranging, which should have an effect on the field. -Critical Inquiry The Disarticulate is an important intervention in the field of disability studies, providing a solid historicization of the ways 'cognitive impairment' is at the very center of modernity. As the field turns decisively towards such questions, James Berger's work will be an invaluable guide, moving the conversation decisively forward. -Robert McRuer,author of Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability With this book Berger has made a unique, durable contribution to disability studies, American studies, and literary scholarship in general. His multidisciplinary scope is impressive, especially in terms of his wide-ranging subject matter, his ability to synthesize seemingly disparate scholarly enterprises and subjects, and his treatment and integration of disability theory and literary theory. Summing Up: Highly recommended. -Choice In Holderlin's famous hymn, 'Celebration of Peace,' the poet warns of a return to stillness-the condition of the cessation of language. There has to be some guarantee of language leaking in during the greatest moment of muteness. Berger offers such an opening with bright, eloquent, yet cautious terms that bravely confront the threat of linguistic foreclosure. At times close to Nietzsche's subterranean howl, he philosophizes with a stammer, passing the mic to those who speak otherwise, according to untapped locutions. -Avital Ronell,author of Loser Sons: Politics and Authority

With this book Berger has made a unique, durable contribution to disability studies, American studies, and literary scholarship in general. His multidisciplinary scope is impressive, especially in terms of his wide-ranging subject matter, his ability to synthesize seemingly disparate scholarly enterprises and subjects, and his treatment and integration of disability theory and literary theory. Summing Up: Highly recommended. -Choice In Holderlin's famous hymn, 'Celebration of Peace,' the poet warns of a return to stillness-the condition of the cessation of language. There has to be some guarantee of language leaking in during the greatest moment of muteness. Berger offers such an opening with bright, eloquent, yet cautious terms that bravely confront the threat of linguistic foreclosure. At times close to Nietzsche's subterranean howl, he philosophizes with a stammer, passing the mic to those who speak otherwise, according to untapped locutions. -Avital Ronell,author of Loser Sons: Politics and Authority The Disarticulate is an important intervention in the field of disability studies, providing a solid historicization of the ways 'cognitive impairment' is at the very center of modernity. As the field turns decisively towards such questions, James Berger's work will be an invaluable guide, moving the conversation decisively forward. -Robert McRuer,author of Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability [T]he book is a valuable contribution to disability studies both for its speculations and specific readings. It is a very thoughtful and thought-filled work, nuanced and wide-ranging, which should have an effect on the field. -Critical Inquiry

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James Berger is Senior Lecturer in American Studies and English at Yale University. He is author of After the End: Representations of Post-Apocalypse (1999) and a book of poetry, Prior (2013). He is the editor of Helen Keller’s The Story of My Life: The Restored Edition (2003).

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