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Crimes of the future : theory and its global reproduction / Jean-Michel Rabaté.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rabaté, Jean-Michel, 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- Literature.
- Criticism.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 250 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury, 2014.
- Summary:
- "Crimes of the Future sees one of the world's leading literary theorists exploring the past, present and potential future of Theory"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- Introduction: Crimes of the Future Chapter 1. How global should Theory be? Chapter 2. Theory and its lines of flight: Future, Ancient, Fugitive Chapter 3. Investigations of a Kantian dog Chapter 4. Divided Truths on Lies: Derrida with Hannah Arendt Chapter 5. Derrida's anterior futures Chapter 6. A Future without death? Chapter 7. The No Future of an Illusion Chapter 8. The Styles of Theory: Crimes against fecundity Chapter 9: Universalism and its limits: the reasons of the absurd Chapter 10. After the "Altermodern" Conclusion: Laughing at the long-lasting joke of the future (Marx and Kafka, Althusser and Antigone).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781441146342
- 1441146342
- 9781441172877
- 1441172874
- OCLC:
- 857981594
- Online:
- Cover image
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