Critical Practice: Philosophy and Creativity (The WISH List) [Paperback] McQuillan, Martin and Bate, Jonathan

McQuillan, Martin; Bate, Jonathan [Series Editor]

ISBN 10: 1780930348 / ISBN 13: 9781780930343

Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Critical Practice: Philosophy and Creativity (The WISH List) [Paperback] McQuillan, Martin and Bate, Jonathan
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780930348
• ISBN 13: 9781780930343
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: As New
• Weight: 14 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. What is the relationship between theory and practice in the creative arts today? In Critical Practice, Martin McQuillan offers a critical interrogation of the idea of practice-led research. He goes beyond the recent vocabulary of research management to consider the more interesting question of the emergence of a cultural space in which philosophy, theory, history and practice are becoming indistinguishable. McQuillan considers the work of a number of writers and thinkers who cross the divide between theoretical and creative practice, including Alain Badiou and Terry Eagleton, and the longer tradition of 'theory-writing' that runs through the work of Hélène Cixous, Roland Barthes and Louis Althusser. His aim is to elucidate the contemporary ramifications of a relationship that has been contested throughout the long history of philosophy, from Plato's dialogues to Derrida's 'Envois'.

About the Authors

Martin McQuillan is Professor of Literary Theory and Cultural Analysis, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Kingston University, London where he is also Co-Director of The London Graduate School. His books include Roland Barthes, or, The Profession of Cultural Studies, Deconstruction after 9/11, Paul de Man, and (as co-author) Deconstructing Disney.

Martin McQuillan is Professor of Literary Theory and Cultural Analysis and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Science at Kingston University, UK, and Co-Director of the London Graduate School.

Jonathan Bate is Professor of Environmental Humanities at Arizona State University, USA.