The States of 'theory' : history, art, and critical discourse
This book constitutes a critical investigation and rethinking of the grounds and possibilities of theory and the place and critical function theory can serve within various disciplines, notably history and aesthetics.
Aufsatzsammlung
viii, 316 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780231070867, 9780804722544, 0231070861, 0804722544
20167784
Introduction : the States of "theory" and the future of history and art / David Carroll
Are we being historical yet? / Carolyn Porter
Some statements and truisms about neo-logisms, newisms, postisms, parasitisms, and other small seismisms / Jacques Derrida
History beyond social theory / Lynn Hunt
Machiavelli : history, politics, discourse / Claude Lefort
Spatial equivalents : postmodern architecture and the world system / Fredric Jameson
Finite history / Jean-Luc Nancy
The blink of an eye / Rosalind E. Krauss
The aesthetic and the imaginary / Wolfgang Iser
The semiotic desire for the natural sign : poetic uses and political abuses / Murray Krieger
Toward a model for the history of theater /Juan Villegas
Face to face : Plato's Protagoras as a model for collective research in the humanities / J. Hillis Miller
After the sublime : the State of aesthetics / Jean-Franc̜ois Lyotard