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Book SynopsisTaking stock of contemporary social, cultural, and political currents, this book explores turning points in the history of American intellectual life. It documents how alternative views were chased from the public stage by strategic acts of censorship, including within supposedly dissident wings of the humanities.
Trade ReviewA rich and erudite account of recent struggles among Euro-American intellectuals concerning cultural theory... Highly recommended. Choice Brennan's vigorously interrogative style dramatizes an unsettling yet productive skepticism, a sobering homeopathic injection into the current euphoria about the possibilities of globalization. American Book Review An important book. Interventions Throughout Wars of Position, Brennan exhibits a remarkable knowledge of theoretical and historical traditions, and an ability to move across them with deftness,fluently summarizing deeply complex arguments. -- Joseph Keith Postmodern Culture
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Cultures of Belief Part 1. Belief and Its Discontents 1. The Barbaric Left 2. Nativism 3. Humanism, Philology, and Imperialism 4. Globalization's Unlikely Champions Part 2. The Anarchist Sublime 5. The Organizational Imaginary 6. The Empire's New Clothes 7. Cosmo-Theory 8. The Southern Intellectual Notes Index
