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Book SynopsisIn the probing interviews in this vibrant new book, eminent scholars struggle with some of the most crucial issues facing contemporary intellectuals. Poststructuralist philosopher Judith Butler discusses the pain of rigorous intellectual work, saying that it is necessarily extremely hard labor, as she examines the intersection of discourse and political action. Award-winning filmmaker, philosopher, and social theorist David Theo Goldberg reviews his life s work, especially on issues of racism. Literary critic and feminist philosopher Avital Ronell sets out to disrupt the standard logic of signification, to force readers into fresh ways of perceiving a subject at hand. Postcolonial theorist Homi Bhabha discusses how critical literacy is intimately connected to the question of democratic representation, and he elaborates on how cultural difference can lead to a politics of discrimination. And neo-Marxist cultural critic Slavoj i ek takes readers on an exhilarating journey through a wide range of critical subjects."
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter 1 Changing the Subject: Judith Butler’s Politics of Radical Resignification, Gary A. Olson, Lynn Worsham; Chapter 2 On the State of Race Theory: A Conversation with David Theo Goldberg, Susan Searls Giroux; Chapter 3 Confessions of an Anacoluthon: Avital Ronell on Writing, Technology, Pedagogy, Politics, D. Diane Davis; Chapter 4 Staging the Politics of Difference: Homi Bhabha’s Critical Literacy, Gary A. Olson, Lynn Worsham; Chapter 5 Slavoj Žižek: Philosopher, Cultural Critic, and Cyber-Communist, Gary A. Olson, Lynn Worsham;
