Tom Cohen

Theory and the Disappearing Future

On de Man, On Benjamin

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Paul de Man is often associated with an era of 'high theory', an era it is argued may now be coming to a close. This book, written by three leading contemporary scholars, includes both a transcript and facsimile print of a previously unpublished text by de Man of his handwritten notes for a lecture on Walter Benjamin. Challenging and relevant, this volume presents de Man's work as a critical resource for dealing with the most important questions of the twenty-first century and argues for the place of theory within it.The humanities are flooded with crises of globalism, capitalism and terrorism, contemporary narratives of financial collapse, v… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Colebrook, Claire / Miller, J. Hillis / de Man, with a manuscript by Paul

ISBN: 978-1-136-65737-5
EAN: 9781136657375
Produktnummer: 13850265
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 192 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 2'464 KB
Abbildungen: 14 schwarz-weiße Fotos

Über den Autor

Tom Cohen is Professor of Literary, Cultural and Media Studies, University at Albany, SUNY, USA.Claire Colebrook was Professor of Modern Literary Theory at the University of Edinburgh from 2000-2008 and is now a professor of English at Penn State University, USA.J. Hillis Miller is Distinguished Research Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Irvine, USA. He olds honorary degrees as Doctor of Letters from the University of Florida, Doctor of Humane Letters at Bucknell University, and Doctor Honoris Cause at the University of Zaragoza. He is also Honorary Professor of Peking University and past president of the Modern Language Association.