{"product_id":"critical-theory-at-a-crossroads-9780231186797","title":"Critical Theory at a Crossroads","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCritical Theory at a Crossroads presents conversations with prominent theorists about the crises that have marked the past years and the use of the term crisis in political discourse. They offer their views on contemporary challenges and how we might address them, candidly discussing the alternatives that new social movements have offered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe benefits of this collection of interviews are many: an introduction to the thought of some leading critical intellectuals, a compendium of the terms and questions most pressing in contemporary theory,  a confrontation with the political challenges of the present moment, and more. If you want an answer to 'what is to be done?' you won’t find it here. But you will encounter the work of thought necessary for ideas capable of turning current crises into emancipatory possibilities. -- Jodi Dean, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book the concept of 'crisis' is examined in all of its multiple expressions—historical, social, and philosophical. The result is extraordinarily rich and penetrating. Against the idea that 'there is no alternative,' a form of resistance emerges that is capable of overcoming national confines and of opening a new space for action and thought. -- Roberto Esposito, author of \u003ci\u003eBios: Biopolitics and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCritical Theory at a Crossroads \u003c\/i\u003econsists of eleven conversations with distinguished interviewees about various crises in the contemporary world, as well as a letter exchange in its concluding twelfth chapter. All of its contributions reflect and engage the work of the interviewees included in the book but also add new insights to it. This timely collection both develops a theoretical\/philosophical reflection about crisis and a practical investigation of actually developing political or economic phenomena that have been characterized as 'crises.' -- Arne De Boever, California Institute of the Arts\u003cbr\u003eGood reading for graduate seminars in the humanities and social sciences. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Resistance in a Time of Crisis, by Stijn De Cauwer\u003cbr\u003e1. A Critical Europe Can Do It! Interview with \u003cb\u003eRosi Braidotti\u003c\/b\u003e. Interview conducted by Joost de Bloois\u003cbr\u003e2. We Should be Modest, When It Comes to the Designation of the Possible Subjects of a New Politics: Interview with \u003cb\u003eJacques Rancière\u003c\/b\u003e. Interview conducted and translated by Stijn De Cauwer and Gert-Jan Meyntjens\u003cbr\u003e3. The History of the Notion of Crisis: Interview with \u003cb\u003eJoseph Vogl\u003c\/b\u003e. Interview conducted and translated by Sven Fabré and Arne Vanraes\u003cbr\u003e4. Neoliberalism Against the Promise of Modernity: Interview with \u003cb\u003eWendy Brown\u003c\/b\u003e. Interview conducted by Joost de Bloois\u003cbr\u003e5. The European Union Is a Cage: Interview with \u003cb\u003eAntonio Negri\u003c\/b\u003e. Interview conducted and translated by Stijn De Cauwer and Gert-Jan Meyntjens\u003cbr\u003e6. We Need to Have a Clear Alternative: Interview with \u003cb\u003eTariq Ali\u003c\/b\u003e. Interview conducted by Stijn De Cauwer\u003cbr\u003e7. Finance Is an Extractive Sector: Interview with \u003cb\u003eSaskia Sassen\u003c\/b\u003e. Interview conducted by Tim Christiaens and Massimiliano Simons\u003cbr\u003e8. How to Think a War Machine?: Interview with \u003cb\u003eMaurizio Lazzarato\u003c\/b\u003e. Interview conducted by Tim Christiaens and Stijn De Cauwer. Translated by Tim Christiaens\u003cbr\u003e9. The Creativity Dispositive: Labor Reform by Stealth: Interview with \u003cb\u003eAngela McRobbie\u003c\/b\u003e. Interview conducted by Stijn De Cauwer, Gert-Jan Meyntjens, and Heidi Peeters\u003cbr\u003e10. The Idea of Crisis: Interview with \u003cb\u003eJean-Luc Nancy\u003c\/b\u003e. Interview conducted and translated by Erik Meganck and Evelien Van Beeck\u003cbr\u003e11. Terror and the Rejection of Sense: Interview with \u003cb\u003eJean-Luc Nancy\u003c\/b\u003e. Interview conducted and translated by Erik Meganck and Evelien Van Beeck\u003cbr\u003e12. Community in Crisis: A Letter Exchange Between \u003cb\u003eZygmunt Bauman \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e Roberto Esposito\u003c\/b\u003e. Translated by Jolien Paeleman\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400328323415,"sku":"9780231186797","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231186797.jpg?v=1730470402","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/critical-theory-at-a-crossroads-9780231186797","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}