224 Pages
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Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the last decades of the twentieth century, French poststructuralist 'theory' transformed the humanities; it also met with resistance and today we frequently hear that theory is 'dead'. In this brilliantly argued volume, Colin Davis: *reconsiders key arguments for and against theory, identifying significant misreadings *reassesses the contribution of poststructuralist thought to the critical... Read more
Introduction 1 Impostures of French theory 2 Enlightenment/poststructuralism 3 After knowledge: Lyotard and the postmodern condition 4 After ethics: Levinas without stories 5 After hope: Althusser on reading and self-reading 6 After identity: Kristeva’s life stories 7 Spectres of theory
Biography
Colin Davis is Professor of French Studies at the University of Warwick. His publications include Levinas: An Introduction (1996), Ethical Issues in Twentieth-Century French Fiction (2000) and French Fiction in the Mitterrand Years (with Elizabeth Fallaize, 2000).
"Davis reminds us that poststructuralism doesn't spell the death of philosophy or of Western civilization; rather, poststructuralism holds the door open to allow new questions to enter the unfinished project of modernity." -- David Bockoven, Postmodern Culture
