Life after theory / edited by Michael Payne and John Schad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Payne, Michael, 1941-

Schad, John, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Norris, Christopher, 1947-.

Moi, Toril.

Derrida, Jacques.

Critical theory.

Derrida, Jacques--Interviews.

Kermode, Frank, 1919-2010--Interviews.

Kermode, Frank.

Kermode, Frank, 1919-2010.

Critics.

Moi, Toril--Interviews.

Norris, Christopher, 1947---Interviews.

Norris, Christopher.

Philosophers--Interviews.

Philosophers.

Critics--Interviews.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xi, 196 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2003.

Summary:

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 life.after.theory brings together new 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.

Contents:

1 Following theory / Jacques Derrida 1

2 Value after theory / Frank Kermode 52

3 Truth after theory / Christopher Norris 78

4 Music, religion and art after theory / Frank Kermode, Christopher Norris 115

5 Feminist theory after theory / Toril Moi 133

Epilogue: Coming back to 'life' / John Schad 168.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-194) and index.

ISBN:

082646565X

OCLC:

51567851