Description
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, this volume brings together 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 books, getting angry, doing science, listening to music, remembering Empson, rereading de Beauvoir, being Jewish, asking forgiveness, smoking in libraries, befriending the dead, committing bigamy, forgetting to forget, thinking, not thinking, believing and being mad. These four key thinkers explore why there is life after theory. But not as we know it.
About the Author
John Schad is Professor of Modern Literature at the University of Lancaster. Michael Payne is John P. Crozer Professor of English at Bucknell University, Pennsylvania.
Reviews
"The question of the meaning of the term 'life after theory' is approached through a series of interview with Jacques Derrida, Frank Kermode, Christopher Norris and Toril Moi. The last three are conducted by one of the editors of the volume (Michael Payne), while the interview with Derrida is the transcript of a round table discussion held at Loughborough University on November 10th, 2001. ...some touchstones for thinking the problem of what 'life after theory' might mean are clearly laid out." -Kir Kuiken, Philosophy in Review/ Comptes Rendus Philosophiques, January 2004-June 2004
"The book is fresh, unprogrammatic and lively: a reminder of thinking at its best." -The Philosopher's Magazine * Blurb from reviewer *
"life.after.theory is both a useful contribution to post-structuralism and a critique of what remains of it." -Times Literary Supplement * Times Literary Supplement *
Book Information
ISBN 9780826473172
Author John Schad
Format Paperback
Page Count 210
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 240g
About the Author
John Schad is Professor of Modern Literature at the University of Lancaster. Michael Payne is John P. Crozer Professor of English at Bucknell University, Pennsylvania.
Reviews
"The question of the meaning of the term 'life after theory' is approached through a series of interview with Jacques Derrida, Frank Kermode, Christopher Norris and Toril Moi. The last three are conducted by one of the editors of the volume (Michael Payne), while the interview with Derrida is the transcript of a round table discussion held at Loughborough University on November 10th, 2001. ...some touchstones for thinking the problem of what 'life after theory' might mean are clearly laid out." -Kir Kuiken, Philosophy in Review/ Comptes Rendus Philosophiques, January 2004-June 2004
"The book is fresh, unprogrammatic and lively: a reminder of thinking at its best." -The Philosopher's Magazine * Blurb from reviewer *
"life.after.theory is both a useful contribution to post-structuralism and a critique of what remains of it." -Times Literary Supplement * Times Literary Supplement *
Book Information
ISBN 9780826473172
Author John Schad
Format Paperback
Page Count 210
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 240g
