{"product_id":"the-bloomsbury-handbook-of-world-theory-9781501361944","title":"The Bloomsbury Handbook of World Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDisciplines from literary studies to environmentalism have recently undergone a spectacular reorientation that has refocused entire fields, methodologies, and vocabularies on the \u003ci\u003eworld \u003c\/i\u003eand its sister terms such as globe, planet, and earth. \u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Handbook of World Theory \u003c\/i\u003eexamines what world means and what it accomplishes in different zones of academic study. The contributors raise questions such as: What happens when world is appended to a particular form of humanistic or scientific inquiry? How exactly does worlding bear on the theoretical operating system and the history of that field? What is the theory or theoretical model that allows world to function in a meaningful way in coordination with that knowledge domain? With contributions from 38 leading theorists from a vast range of fields, including queer studies, religion, and pop culture, this is the first large reference work to consider the profound effect, both within and outside the academy, of the worldin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUndoubtedly, this \u003ci\u003eBloomsbury Handbook of World Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is the most unusual English-language handbook I have encountered this year: original, inspiring, thought-provoking, and diversified. Because of its interdisciplinary — and even transdisciplinary — scope, the \u003ci\u003eBloomsbury Handbook of World Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is indispensable for research libraries and would serve as an eye-opener for open-minded scholars in an infinity of domains. It reaffirms the pertinence (or the urgency?) of doing theory in a globalized world. Reading this \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e from one cover to another can be a rewarding experience, no matter in which academic filed you locate yourself. These contributors want to bring the reader beyond. * UCLA Electronic Green Journal *\u003cbr\u003eWritten in conscious opposition to the priorities sustained by neoliberal globalism, the essays in \u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Handbook of World Theory\u003c\/i\u003e envision how a 'worlding' of academic fields as well as other discourses and professions can truly democratize and decolonize the domains of work, the arts, and education throughout the planet. These essays propose models rooted in both interdisciplinarity and individuality that can effectively resist the homogenization and top-down models universally dominant since the Fall of the Berlin Wall. * John Pizer, Professor of German, Louisiana State University, USA, and author of The Idea of World Literature: History and Pedagogical Practice *\u003cbr\u003eBy now, the world has been approached from almost every angle. As long as one is not satisfied with easy universalism, this goal is already difficult to achieve at a discipline level. Yet, Di Leo, Moraru and their many contributors go far beyond that. They end up interweaving all of the specific readings to help us better understand what is really meant by \u003ci\u003eworlding\u003c\/i\u003e. The effort is immense; the result is extraordinary. * Bertrand Westphal, Professor of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, Université de Limoges, France, and author of The Plausible World *\u003cbr\u003eNo better proof can be imagined that theory is alive and well than this visionary collection, which takes on the mystery of how thinking has changed, and will have to change further, in response to the challenge of the world scale. It treats what “the world” means not only to an extraordinary range of disciplines, ranging from the humanities to the natural sciences, but also in the professions and, perhaps most important, in zones of concern like sexuality and visual culture that are still seeking their optimum academic organization. The word “inter-disciplinary” is grossly inadequate to describe the intellectual ambition of this volume. Massive as it is, it is still more ambitious than its size indicates. The only thing standing in the way of calling it a landmark is its irresistible freshness. * Bruce Robbins, Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University, USA, and author of The Beneficiary *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffrey R. Di Leo \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of Houston, Victoria, USA) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand Christian Moraru \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e   Introduction: World Theory in the New Millennium \u003ci\u003eJeffrey R. Di Leo \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of Houston, Victoria, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e and Christian Moraru \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e   Part 1: Arts and Humanities  1. Worlding History \u003ci\u003eFabio López-Lázaro \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  2. Worlding Philosophy \u003ci\u003eBrian O’Keeffe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Barnard College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  3. Worlding Ethics \u003ci\u003eNigel Dower\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e(University of Aberdeen, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  4. Worlding Art \u003ci\u003eNikos Papastergiadis \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of Melbourne, Australia) \u003c\/i\u003e  5. Worlding Postmodernism \u003ci\u003eHans Bertens \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Utrecht University, Netherlands)\u003c\/i\u003e  6. Worlding Comparative Literature \u003ci\u003eChristian Moraru \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  7. Worlding Popular Culture \u003ci\u003eEsther Peeren \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)\u003c\/i\u003e  8. Worlding Music \u003ci\u003eJohn Mowitt \u003c\/i\u003e(University of Leeds, UK)  9. Worlding Cinema \u003ci\u003eAlex Taek-Gwang Lee \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Kyung Hee University, Korea)\u003c\/i\u003e  10. Worlding Theater \u003ci\u003eGina MacKenzie \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Holy Family University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  11. Worlding Religion \u003ci\u003eGerda Heck \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(American University of Cairo, Egypt) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand Stephan Lanz \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Europa-Universität Viadrina, Germany) \u003c\/i\u003e    Part 2: Social and Behavioral Sciences  12. Worlding Sociology \u003ci\u003eVeronika Wittmann \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)\u003c\/i\u003e  13. Worlding Anthropology \u003ci\u003eNigel Rapport \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of St. Andrews, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  14. Worlding Economics \u003ci\u003ePeter Hitchcock \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(City University of New York, USA) \u003c\/i\u003e  15. Worlding Psychoanalysis \u003ci\u003eDany Nobus \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Brunel University, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  16. Worlding Women \u003ci\u003eRobin Goodman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Florida State University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  17. Worlding Gender \u003ci\u003eVrushali Patil \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Florida International University, USA) \u003c\/i\u003e  18. Worlding Queer \u003ci\u003eSri Craven \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Portland State University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  19. Worlding Identity \u003ci\u003eZahi Zalloua \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Whitman College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  Part 3: The Professions  20. Worlding Higher Education \u003ci\u003eMichael Thomas \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Liverpool John Moore University, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e  21. Worlding Public Policy \u003ci\u003eKenneth J. Saltman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of Illinois, Chicago, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  22. Worlding International Education \u003ci\u003eLien Pham \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of Technology Sydney, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e  23. Worlding International Relations \u003ci\u003eSophia McClennen \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Penn State University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  24. Worlding Media Studies \u003ci\u003eToby Miller \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Loughborough University London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e and Jesús Arroyave \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Universidad del Norte, Colombia)\u003c\/i\u003e  25. Worlding Journalism  \u003ci\u003eVera Slavtcheva-Petkova \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of Liverpool, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  26. Worlding Publishing \u003ci\u003eJeffrey R. Di Leo \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of Houston, Victoria, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  27. Worlding Architecture \u003ci\u003eRichard Ingersoll \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitecnico de Milano, Italy)\u003c\/i\u003e  Part 4: Natural and Formal Sciences  28. Worlding Logic \u003ci\u003ePaul Livingston \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of New Mexico, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  29. Worlding Spatiality Studies \u003ci\u003eRobert T. Tally Jr. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Texas State University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  30. Worlding Cybernetics  \u003ci\u003eAndrew Culp \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(California Institute for the Arts, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  31. Worlding Systems Theory \u003ci\u003eBruce Clarke (T\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eexas Tech University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  32. Worlding Biology \u003ci\u003eAdam Nocek \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Arizona State University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  33. Worlding Environmental Studies \u003ci\u003eRobert P. Marzec \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Purdue University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  34. Worlding Earth and Climate Studies \u003ci\u003eClaire Colebrook \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e (Penn State University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187874980183,"sku":"9781501361944","price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-bloomsbury-handbook-of-world-theory-9781501361944","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}