Theory matters : the place of theory in Literary and Cultural studies today /: the place of theory in Literary and Cultural studies today. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Martin Middeke and Christoph Reinfandt.
• Authors: Middeke, Martin
• Editors: Reinfandt, Christoph
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents ; Contributors ; chapter 1: Introduction: The€Place of€Theory Today; Notes; Bibliography; Part I: Metatheory; chapter 2: Comes the€Revolution; Notes; Bibliography; chapter 3: Literary Theory in€Reverse: The€Literariness of€Theory; Introduction: Faust, Kittler, and€Blabla; Theory and€Literariness; The Place of€Theory; Conclusion: Theory and€the€University; Notes; Bibliography; chapter 4: Misreading Shelley, Misreading Theory: Deconstruction, Media, and€Materiality; The Triumph of€Theory; The Triumph of€Language; The Triumph of€Reading; Theoretical Doubts. Literary DoubtsReaderly Doubts; Future English Studies: Corporeal Reading, Material Media; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 5: 'I am, yet what I€am': Theory, Being, and€Dis-appearance; Bibliography; Chapter 6: Matter Against Materialism: Bruno Latour and€the€Turn to€Objects; Object and€Commodities; Form and€Deformation; Non-materialism; The Misery of€Criticism; Bibliography; Chapter 7: Avoiding Poststructuralism at Its Root: Towards a€New Literary Theory; Husserl; Essentiality; Essential Generality; Omnitemporality; Living Temporality; Imagining; Genetic Project; Derrida's Critique. First DeferralSecond Deferral; Arriving at Différant; Developing Husserl; Avoiding Derrida's Critique; Avoiding Derrida's First Deferral; Avoiding Derrida's Second Deferral; Avoiding Différant; Literature; Bibliography; chapter 8: Interlude I: The€Cultures of€Reflexivity; Bibliography; Part II: Cultural Theory; Chapter 9: The University: A€Matter of€Theoretical Importance; Introduction; Immaterial Realities; Material Theory; The Matter of€the€University; Managing Money: Materializing Theory; Bibliography; Chapter 10: When Theory Is Not Enough: A€Material Turn in€Gender Studies. Faithfully, GenderedMatter, Again; A.€L. Kennedy and€the€Material Art of€Fiction; Bibliography; Chapter 11: Luhmann in€da Contact Zone: Towards a€Postcolonial Critique of€Sociological Systems Theory; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; Bibliography; Chapter 12: Passive Voice: Democratic Indifference and€the€Vibrant Matter of€Literature; Activists as€Passivists as€Activists as€Passivists; Literature as€Vibrant Matter; Bibliography; Chapter 13: Managing Complexity: The€'Literary Turn' in€Organization Studies; I; II; III; Bibliography; Chapter 14: Interlude II: Ideologies of€Habitus; Bibliography. Part III: Critical TheoryChapter 15: Ecological Transformations of€Critical Theory; Emergence and€Directions of€Ecocriticism; Ecocriticism and€Critical Theory: From€Antagonism to€Alliance; Cultural Ecology and/as Literary Theory; Theory Matters to€Texts-Texts Matter to€Theory: Cultural-Ecological Readings of€Two American Poems; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 16: The Literary Work as€Ethical Event; Bibliography; Chapter 17: Ethics and€Agency: The€Limits and€Necessity of€Ethical Criticism; Introduction: Ethicism; Fiction as€Referential Obligation: Art Is Truth.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 801/.95; Literature; Culture -- Study and teaching; Literature -- Philosophy; Aesthetics; LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory; Aesthetics; Culture -- Study and teaching; Literature; Literature -- Philosophy; Social Science -- General; Philosophy -- Aesthetics; Cultural studies; Philosophy: aesthetics; Literary theory; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137474285; 1137474289
• Related ISBNs: 9781137474278; 1137474270
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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