Screen LibraryCritical theory and political engagement from May 1968 to the Arab Spring /
In this timely study, Pawling argues for a renewal of the 'politics of intellectual life', calling for an engaged critical theory written in the spirit of May 1968, as exemplified in the works of figures such as Sartre, Derrida, Badiou, Jameson and Said.
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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In this timely study, Pawling argues for a renewal of the 'politics of intellectual life', calling for an engaged critical theory written in the spirit of May 1968, as exemplified in the works of figures such as Sartre, Derrida, Badiou, Jameson and Said. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230275652. |
| Carrier Form: | 232 p. |
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9780230275652 9781137315236 : 1137315237 : |
| CLC: | C91 |
| Contents: | Introduction 1. Critical Theory and Radical Politics in the late '60s 2. Marxism and Artistic Commitment 3. Humanism and Post-Humanism: the Antinomies of Critical Theory, Post-'68 4. Rediscovering Commitment: Jacques Derrida's Specters of Marx 5. Reviving the Critical Spirit of May '68: Alain Badiou and the Cultural Politics of the 'Event' 6. Badiou and the Search for an Anti-Humanist Aesthetic 7. Totality and the Dialectic in the Critical Theory of Fredric Jameson 8. Back to the Future? From Post-Modernism to the 'Communist Idea'. |