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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777801603321

Titolo

Life after theory / / edited by Michael Payne and John Schad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continnum, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-282-30970-6

9786612309700

1-4411-7805-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

190.904

Soggetti

Philosophy, Modern

Critics

Philosophers

Critical theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface: What are We After?; 1 Following Theory; 2 Value After Theory; 3 Truth After Theory; 4 Music, Religion and Art After Theory; 5 Feminist Theory After Theory; Epilogue: Coming Back to 'Life'; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Is there life after theory? If the death of the Author has now been followed by the death of the Theorist, what's left? Indeed, who's left? To explore such riddles Life. After.Theory brings together new interviews with four theorists who are left, each a major figure in their own right: Jacques Derrida, Frank Kermode, Toril Moi, and Christopher Norris.Framed and introduced by Michael Payne and John Schad, the interviews pursue a whole range of topics, both familiar and unfamiliar. Among other things, Derrida, Kermode, Moi and Norris discuss being an outsider, taking responsibility, valuing boo