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Critical Theory July 8, 2013

Bodily Natures

Science, Environment, and the Material Self

Stacy Alaimo

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In her book, Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self (Indiana University Press, 2010), Stacy Alaimo approaches the concepts of "science, environment, and self" in an extremely novel and …
Critical Theory January 22, 2013

Futurity

Contemporary Literature and the Quest for the Past

Amir Eshel

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In his very recent work, Futurity: Contemporary Literature and the Quest for the Past(University of Chicago Press, 2013), Amir Eshel presents us with a very interesting examination of what he …
Critical Theory January 11, 2013

Opacity and the Closet

Queer Tactics in Foucault, Barthes, and Warhol

Nicholas de Villiers

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In his book, Opacity and the Closet: Queer Tactics in Foucault, Barthes, and Warhol (University of Minnesota Press, 2012), Nicholas de Villiers takes up an examination of the work of …
Critical Theory October 31, 2012

When Words Are Called For

A Defense of Ordinary Language Philosophy

Avner Baz

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In When Words Are Called For: A Defense of Ordinary Language Philosophy (Harvard University Press, 2012), Avner Baz sets out to make a case for the reconsideration of Ordinary Language …
Literary Studies September 25, 2012

Language and History in Theodor W. Adorno's <i>Notes to Literature</i>

Ulrich Plass

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In Language and History in Theodor W. Adorno's Notes to Literature (Routledge, 2007), Ulrich Plass makes the case for the importance and relevance of Adorno's often forgotten and derided attempts …
Critical Theory August 23, 2012

The Conflagration of Community

Fiction Before and After Auschwitz

J. Hillis Miller

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In his recent book, The Conflagration of Community: Fiction Before and After Auschwitz (University of Chicago Press, 2011), J. Hillis Miller sets outs to address Theodor Adorno's famous proclamation that …
Critical Theory July 16, 2012

The Real Real Thing

The Model in the Mirror of Art

Wendy Steiner

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As the last of what Wendy Steiner refers to as "a loose trilogy" with her earlier works, The Scandal of Pleasure (1995) and Venus in Exile (2001), The Real Real …