理論と生きる Living with Theory (Blackwell Manifestos)

Leitch, Vincent B.

Blackwell Pub（2007/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 184 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781405175296
• DDC分類 801.95

基本説明

Explores the engagement of theory with such phenomena as globalization and postmodernism, multiculturalism and cultural wars, plus the rise of neoliberalism and the corporate university.

Full Description

In a clear and readable style, Living with Theory maps out contemporary theory, tracing its complex configurations, its political preoccupations, and its relations with literature.


Argues that the field of theory in late postmodern consumer society has become overburdened with new ideas, and that there is an essential need for guides and signposts in this complex field
Maps out contemporary theory, tracing its complex configurations, its political preoccupations, and its relations with literature
Explores the engagement of theory with such phenomena as globalization and postmodernism, multiculturalism and cultural wars, plus the rise of neoliberalism and the corporate university
Highlights the current reconfiguration of critical reading and its potential future

Contents

Preface. Part I: Theory.

1. Theory Ends.

2. Teaching Theory Now.

3. Applied Theory.

4. Theory Fusions.

Part II: Politics.

5. Late Derrida.

6. The Politics of Academic Labor.

Part III: Literature.

7. Late Contemporary U.S. Poetry.

8. Globalization of Literatures.

Notes.

Index