'teleological' in Literary Theory: An Introduction

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the philosophical attempt to describe things in terms of their apparent intrinsic purpose, directive principle, or goal, irrespective of human use or opinion

'Teleology', thinking of life, language and history in terms of its orientation to a telos or end, is a way of ordering and ranking meanings in a hierarchy of significance, creating a pecking order among them in the light of an ultimate purpose.

—p.131 Post-Structuralism (127) by Terry Eagleton

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teleological (en)

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton

teleological (en)

Literary Theory: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton