1st Edition

Politics of Possibility Encountering the Radical Imagination

202 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

In the probing interviews in this vibrant new book, eminent scholars struggle with some of the most crucial issues facing contemporary intellectuals. Poststructuralist philosopher Judith Butler discusses the pain of rigorous intellectual work, saying that it is necessarily extremely hard labor, as she examines the intersection of discourse and political action. Award-winning filmmaker,... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Changing the Subject: Judith Butler’s Politics of Radical Resignification, Gary A. Olson, Lynn Worsham; Chapter 2 On the State of Race Theory: A Conversation with David Theo Goldberg, Susan Searls Giroux; Chapter 3 Confessions of an Anacoluthon: Avital Ronell on Writing, Technology, Pedagogy, Politics, D. Diane Davis; Chapter 4 Staging the Politics of Difference: Homi Bhabha’s Critical Literacy, Gary A. Olson, Lynn Worsham; Chapter 5 Slavoj Žižek: Philosopher, Cultural Critic, and Cyber-Communist, Gary A. Olson, Lynn Worsham;

Biography

Gary A. Olson, Lynn Worsham, Henry A. Giroux