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Book SynopsisEssays on theory's role in contemporary politics, reading and critiques of literature
Table of ContentsJonathan Culler, Traces of Theory Now; David E. Ellison, The Spoiler's Art: On the Disposition of Memory in Berlin; Grant Farred, 'Science does not think': The No-Thought of the Discipline; Avery F. Gordon, 'I'm already in a sort of tomb': Some Thoughts on War, Prisoners, and Casting Shadows; Patrick Greaney, Insinuation: Debord, Detournement, and Gendered Repetition; Ellis Hanson, The Future's Eve: Sedgwick after Sedgwick; Michael Hardt, The Militancy of Theory and the Exodus from Minority; Barnor Hesse, Postracial; Eithne Luibheid, Nationalist Heterosexuality, Migrant (Il)legality, and Irish Citizenship Law: Queering the Connections; Michael Naas, 'Now Smile!' Recent Developments in Jacques Derrida's Work on Photography; Rei Terada, The Frailty of the Ontic; Ken Surin, afterword