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In literary studies and beyond, 'theory' and its aftermaths have
arguably been over-influenced by US- and UK-based institutions,
publishers, journals, and academics. Yet the influence of theory in
its Anglo-American forms has remained reliant on Continental
European ideas. Similar patterns can be discerned within the latest
theoretical paradigm - posthumanism. European ideas influence
posthumanism's challenge to established understandings of humanism,
anthropomorphism, and anthropocentrism, which is characterised by
the increased urgency and proliferation of questions such as 'What
does it mean to be human?' and 'What is the relationship between
humans and their nonhuman others (machines, animals, plants, the
inorganic, gods, systems, and various figures of liminality, from
ghosts to angels, from cyborgs to zombies)?' European Posthumanism
examines the histories and geographies of posthumanism and looks at
the genealogies which have been at work in the rise of posthumanist
thought and culture. This book was originally published as a
special issue of the European Journal of English Studies.
In literary studies and beyond, 'theory' and its aftermaths have
arguably been over-influenced by US- and UK-based institutions,
publishers, journals, and academics. Yet the influence of theory in
its Anglo-American forms has remained reliant on Continental
European ideas. Similar patterns can be discerned within the latest
theoretical paradigm - posthumanism. European ideas influence
posthumanism's challenge to established understandings of humanism,
anthropomorphism, and anthropocentrism, which is characterised by
the increased urgency and proliferation of questions such as 'What
does it mean to be human?' and 'What is the relationship between
humans and their nonhuman others (machines, animals, plants, the
inorganic, gods, systems, and various figures of liminality, from
ghosts to angels, from cyborgs to zombies)?' European Posthumanism
examines the histories and geographies of posthumanism and looks at
the genealogies which have been at work in the rise of posthumanist
thought and culture. This book was originally published as a
special issue of the European Journal of English Studies.
'What, in theory, is style? How has style been rethought in
literary theory?' Drawing together leading academics working within
and across the disciplines of English, philosophy, literary theory,
and comparative literature, Style in Theory: Between Philosophy and
Literature sets out to rethink the important but
all-too-often-overlooked issue of style, exploring in particular
how the theoretical humanities open conceptual spaces that afford
and encourage reflection on the nature of style, the ways in which
style is experienced and how style allows disciplinary boundaries
to be both drawn and transgressed. Offering incisive reflections on
style from a diverse and contemporary range of theoretical and
methodological perspectives, the essays contained in this volume
critically revisit and challenge accepted accounts of style, and
provide fresh and compelling readings of the relevance in any
rethinking of style of specific works by the likes of Shakespeare,
Petrarch, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Deleuze, Blanchot, Derrida,
Nancy, Cixous and Meillassoux.
'What, in theory, is style? How has style been rethought in
literary theory?' Drawing together leading academics working within
and across the disciplines of English, philosophy, literary theory,
and comparative literature, Style in Theory: Between Philosophy and
Literature sets out to rethink the important but
all-too-often-overlooked issue of style, exploring in particular
how the theoretical humanities open conceptual spaces that afford
and encourage reflection on the nature of style, the ways in which
style is experienced and how style allows disciplinary boundaries
to be both drawn and transgressed. Offering incisive reflections on
style from a diverse and contemporary range of theoretical and
methodological perspectives, the essays contained in this volume
critically revisit and challenge accepted accounts of style, and
provide fresh and compelling readings of the relevance in any
rethinking of style of specific works by the likes of Shakespeare,
Petrarch, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Deleuze, Blanchot, Derrida,
Nancy, Cixous and Meillassoux.
Has theory become resistible? Has it betrayed its promise, and sold
out on its practice? Should theory, after having become a
discipline, still lay claims on the "radical," or should it embrace
its establishment within the university? What future(s) could
theory have if there is (dis)agreement about its present(s) and its
past(s), and what and how should it from now proceed to read?
Post-Theories in Literary and Cultural Studies focuses on the
shifting paradigms in literary and cultural studies. Prompted by
the changes and problems on the global scale, the last two decades
have seen a resurgence of scholarly interest in theories which are
more embedded in the social realities and human condition. This
volume shows that theory can reinvent theory and re-define
criticism according to the demands of the new millennium. In this
context, it examines new ways of considering the relation of
post-theory to the concepts such as ethics, aesthetics, truth,
value, authenticity, human, and reality to understand the mindset
of the new century. Without disregarding or neglecting the legacy
of "Theory," this volume presents the various suggestions and
concerns of post-theoretical studies that reflect the sensibilities
of the contemporary social and cultural life. It is a timely and
relevant source of reference to those who wish to develop an
understanding of this change of attitude in post-theoretical
studies towards a more directly and sincerely responsive approach
to the current problems worldwide, their representations in
literature and language, reflections in theory, roots in
socio-political domains, and effects on the material reality.
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