{"product_id":"the-premodern-condition-9780226349725","title":"The Premodern Condition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIdentifies and explains a surprising affinity for medievalism and medieval studies among the leading figures of critical theory. This book contains original essays by Bataille and Bourdieu - translated English - that testify in various ways to the strange persistence of medievalisms in French postwar avant-garde writings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Premodern Condition is an important and original contribution to emerging debates about the history and significance of critical theory. Holsinger demonstrates that twentieth-century theoretical discourses, as they become separated from nineteenth-century humanistic and social-scientific disciplines, engage in a series of brilliant defamiliarizing moves fundamentally grounded in medievalism.\" - Amy Hollywood, University of Chicago\"","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036526248279,"sku":"9780226349725","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226349725.jpg?v=1750932284","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-premodern-condition-9780226349725","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}