A really extraordinary collection of important voices. -- Professor Robert Con Davis, University of Oklahoma A really extraordinary collection of important voices.
Post-Theory brings together some of the most prominent figures and rising stars in the field of Critical Theory. Essays consider such issues as: the current state of Critical Theory; the type of work Theory has made possible; and the future of theory. Opening with a Preface by Ernesto Laclau, the book closes with a 'Post-Word' from Helene Cixous. This volume of new work features examples of new theoretical possibilities. Contributors include: Catherine Besley, Geoffrey Bennington, Helene Cixous, Patricia Duncker, Lorna Hutson, Ernesto Laclau, Julian Murphet, Christopher Norris, Nicholas Royle, Robert Smith and Eric Woehrling. Key Features * Ground-breaking collection of opinion-changing work * Timely and topical intervention into Critical Theory * Wide range of approaches and examples of theoretical possibilities * Contributors include huge names in the field, such as Catherine Besley, Geoffrey Bennington, Helene Cixous, Patricia Duncker, Lorna Hutson, Ernesto Laclau, Julian Murphet, Christopher Norris, Nicholas Royle, Robert Smith and Eric Woehrling
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Post-Theory brings together some of the most prominent figures and rising stars in the field of Critical Theory.
Part 1 Deja vu: deja vu, Nicholas Royle; deconstruction and the "unfinished project of modernity", Christopher Norris; post-gender - Jurassic feminism meets queer politics, Patricia Duncker; the pleasures of labour - Marxist aesthetics in a post-Marxist world, Anthony Easthope; is the novel original? Derrida and modernity, Eric Woehrling; Pierre Bourdieu and the chronotopes of "post-theory", Jeremy Lane. Part 2 Inter: inter, Geoffrey Bennington. Part 3 The post-theory condition: English studies in the postmodern condition - towards a place for the signifier, Catherine Belsey; Ethopoeia, source study and legal history - a post-theoretical approach to the question of "character" in Shakespearean drama, Lorna Hutson; The death drive does not think, Robert Smith; "various infinitudes" - narration, embodiment and ontology in Beckett's "How it is" and Spinoza's "Ethics", Alex Houen; said after theory - the limits of counterpoint, Charles Forsdick; grounding theory - literary theory and the new geography, Julia Murphet. Post-word, Helene Cixous.
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A really extraordinary collection of important voices. -- Professor Robert Con Davis, University of Oklahoma A really extraordinary collection of important voices.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780748610655
Publisert
1999-04-29
Utgiver
Vendor
Edinburgh University Press
Vekt
541 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
224