Reframing Critical, Literary, and Cultural Theories

Thought on the Edge

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This book participates in the ongoing debate about the alleged “death of theory” and the current post-theoretical condition, arguing that the “finitude” of theoretical projects does not mean “end”, but rather contingency and transformation of thinking, beyond irreconcilable doctrines.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-09-14
Mått:148 x 210 x 25 mm
Vikt:593 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:358
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319899893

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Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion
Litteraturteori inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Nicoletta Pireddu is Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at Georgetown University, USA. Her research focuses on literary and cultural theories, history of ideas, European and Mediterranean studies, borders, migration, and identity. She has recently authored The Works of Claudio Magris: Temporary Homes, Mobile Identities, European Borders (Palgrave 2015), and edited Scipio Sighele’s The Criminal Crowd and Other Writings on Mass Society (2018). She was granted fellowships from the NEH and Howard Foundation, and received the American Association for Italian Studies Book Award, the Distinguished Service Award, and the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Critiquing the Critique, Ming Xie.- 2. The Scope of Literary Theory; Patrick Colm Hogan.- 3. In Defense of an Unstable Literature, Sébastien Doubinsky.- 4. Illegitimacy as Norm: On the Temporal Structure of Science and Theory; Kirk Wetters.- 5. On Aristocratic Reading: The Ordeal of Conversion; Peter Paik.- 6. Reconstructing Religion and Literature; Vincent Pecora.- 7. Transcreationl Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère.- 8. Space, Mobility, and Materiality: Rethinking Notions of Geographic Coherence; Diana Sorensen.- 9. Outsourcing Post-Colonialism; Rukmini Bhaya Nair.- 10. Provincializing Posthumanism; Neda Atanasoki.- 11. Experimental Cosmopolitanism; Didier Coste.- 12. Critical Pedagogy: Practical Occidentalism in the Classroom; Robert Cowan.