Post-Theory: New Directions in Criticism (Postmodern Theory Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748610650 ISBN 13: 9780748610655

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 1999

Synopsis

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, Hélène Cixous, Patricia Duncker, Lorna Hutson, Ernesto Laclau, Julian Murphet, Christopher Norris, Nicholas Royle, Robert Smith and Eric Woehrling.

About this title

About the Author:

Martin McQuillan is Professor of Literary Theory and Cultural Analysis at the London Graduate School and Dean of Arts and Social Sciences at the Kingston University Graeme Macdonald is Lecturer at the University of Warwick

Review:

A really extraordinary collection of important voices. With the publication of Post-Theory, it is clear that the theory community has a future precisely because it is willing to entertain genuinely new possibilities and to learn new languages of discourse. -- Robert Con Davis, University of Oklahoma

A striking intervention which makes opening the post exciting again. Post-Theory's dialogic conception and adventurous debate really do show a way forward. -- Peter Brooker, Nene College of Higher Education

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0748610650
• ISBN 13: 9780748610655
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: McQuillan Martin, Purves Robin, Macdonald Graeme