Francis Mulhern is Associate Editor of New Left Review and author of The Moment of 'Scrutiny', Culture/Metaculture and Figures of Catastrophe. His latest essay collection Into the Mêlée is newly published by Verso.Stefan Collini is Professor Emeritus of Intellectual History and English Literature at the University of Cambridge. His books include, most recently, Common Writing, Speaking of Universities and The Nostalgic Imagination.

An epic debate over the proper relation between culture and politics.

• Publisher's NoteAcknowledgementsI1. Culture/Metaculture- Francis Mulhern2. Culture Talk- Stefan ColliniII3. Beyond Metaculture- Francis Mulhern4. Defending Cultural Criticism- Stefan Collini5. The Logic of Cultural Criticism- Francis Mulhern6. On Variousness; and on Persuasion- Stefan ColliniIII7. In the Academic Counting-House- Francis Mulhern8. The Naming of Parts- Stefan ColliniIndex

Francis Mulhern is Associate Editor of New Left Review and author of The Moment of 'Scrutiny', Culture/Metaculture and Figures of Catastrophe. His latest essay collection Into the Mêlée is newly published by Verso.Stefan Collini is Professor Emeritus of Intellectual History and English Literature at the University of Cambridge. His books include, most recently, Common Writing, Speaking of Universities and The Nostalgic Imagination.

An epic debate over the proper relation between culture and politics.

• Publisher's NoteAcknowledgementsI1. Culture/Metaculture- Francis Mulhern2. Culture Talk- Stefan ColliniII3. Beyond Metaculture- Francis Mulhern4. Defending Cultural Criticism- Stefan Collini5. The Logic of Cultural Criticism- Francis Mulhern6. On Variousness; and on Persuasion- Stefan ColliniIII7. In the Academic Counting-House- Francis Mulhern8. The Naming of Parts- Stefan ColliniIndex

Francis Mulhern is Associate Editor of New Left Review and author of The Moment of 'Scrutiny', Culture/Metaculture and Figures of Catastrophe. His latest essay collection Into the Mêlée is newly published by Verso.Stefan Collini is Professor Emeritus of Intellectual History and English Literature at the University of Cambridge. His books include, most recently, Common Writing, Speaking of Universities and The Nostalgic Imagination.

An epic debate over the proper relation between culture and politics.

• Publisher's NoteAcknowledgementsI1. Culture/Metaculture- Francis Mulhern2. Culture Talk- Stefan ColliniII3. Beyond Metaculture- Francis Mulhern4. Defending Cultural Criticism- Stefan Collini5. The Logic of Cultural Criticism- Francis Mulhern6. On Variousness; and on Persuasion- Stefan ColliniIII7. In the Academic Counting-House- Francis Mulhern8. The Naming of Parts- Stefan ColliniIndex