The future of theory /
Rabaté, Jean-Michel, 1949-
The future of theory / Jean-Michel Rabaté. - Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 2002. - v, 170 p. ; 24 cm. - Blackwell manifestos .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction --
Genealogy one: Hegel's plague --
Genealogy two: the avant-garde at theory's high tide --
Theory, science, technology --
Theory not of literature but as literature --
Conclusion. TOC
This text addresses anxieties about the relevance of theory. It proposes that theory points out the inadequacies of official knowledge. Its role is to ask difficult, foundational questions, which entail revisionary rereadings of culture and its texts.
0631230122 9780631230120 0631230130 (pbk.) 9780631230137
2002022601
Theory (Philosophy)
B842 / .R33 2002
149.21 / RAF 2002
The future of theory / Jean-Michel Rabaté. - Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 2002. - v, 170 p. ; 24 cm. - Blackwell manifestos .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction --
Genealogy one: Hegel's plague --
Genealogy two: the avant-garde at theory's high tide --
Theory, science, technology --
Theory not of literature but as literature --
Conclusion. TOC
This text addresses anxieties about the relevance of theory. It proposes that theory points out the inadequacies of official knowledge. Its role is to ask difficult, foundational questions, which entail revisionary rereadings of culture and its texts.
0631230122 9780631230120 0631230130 (pbk.) 9780631230137
2002022601
Theory (Philosophy)
B842 / .R33 2002
149.21 / RAF 2002