The Future of Theory (Blackwell Manifestos) Paperback - 2002
by Jean-Michel Rabate
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Lacan's idea that Hegel was responsible for a theoretical hystericization of philosophy is also what underpins Vincent Descombes's discussion of Kojeve's impact in the 1930s.
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Is Theory dead? Is it, as skeptics suggest, too distant from anything "real" to be useful, too sweeping in its referral of all texts to grand theses? Or is it a mask for fashion and self-promotion in academia? In this controversial manifesto, Jean-Michel Rabat� addresses current anxieties about Theory and claims that it still has a crucial role to play.
Acknowledging that he cannot speak about the future of Theory without taking stock of its past, Rabat� starts by sketching its genealogy, particularly its relation to Surrealism, philosophy, and the hard sciences. Against this background, he proposes that Theory, like hysteria, consistently points out the inadequacies of official, serious and "masterful" knowledge. Its role, he suggests, is to ask difficult, foundational questions, which entail revisionary readings of culture and its texts.
In this way, Rabat� claims, whether the theory of the moment is structuralism or globalization, Theory in its broader sense will always return, providing us with provocative and stimulating insights into what we do and how we read.
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- Title The Future of Theory (Blackwell Manifestos)
- Author Jean-Michel Rabate
- Binding Paperback
- Edition N/A
- Pages 176
- Language ENG
- Publisher Blackwell Publishing Limited, Williston, Vermont, U.S.A.
- Date June 1, 2002
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780631230137
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- Choice, 12/01/2002, Page 627
- Library Journal, 08/12/2002, Page 0
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