What Is Cultural Criticism? by Stefan Collini and Francis Mulhern (2024, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherVerso Books
ISBN-101804293377
ISBN-139781804293379
eBay Product ID (ePID)19060894685
Product Key Features
Book TitleWhat Is Cultural Criticism?
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicModern / 20th Century, Semiotics & Theory, Subjects & Themes / Politics
Publication Year2024
GenreLiterary Criticism
AuthorStefan Collini, Francis Mulhern
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight7.4 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2023-057873
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"An epic debate over the proper relation between culture and politics." --Bruce Robbins, boundary 2 "Mulhern and Collini are just close enough in their practice, and just distant enough in their political temperaments, to be fascinating antagonists." --Nicholas Dames, Public Books
Dewey Decimal801.95
Table Of ContentPublisher's Note Acknowledgements I 1. Culture/Metaculture - Francis Mulhern 2. Culture Talk - Stefan Collini II 3. Beyond Metaculture - Francis Mulhern 4. Defending Cultural Criticism - Stefan Collini 5. The Logic of Cultural Criticism - Francis Mulhern 6. On Variousness; and on Persuasion - Stefan Collini III 7. In the Academic Counting-House - Francis Mulhern 8. The Naming of Parts - Stefan Collini Index
SynopsisTwo leading critics grapple with problems of literature, politics and intellectual practice In What Is Cultural Criticism? , two leading critics grapple with problems of literature, politics and intellectual practice. The debate opens with Francis Mulhern's account of what he terms 'metacultural discourse'. This embraces two opposing critical traditions, the elite pessimism of Kulturkritik and the populist enthusiasms of Cultural Studies. Each in its own way dissolves politics into culture, Mulhern argues. Collini, on the other hand, protests that cultural criticism provides resources for genuine critical engagement with contemporary society. Tension between culture and politics there may be, but it works productively in both directions. This widely noticed encounter is that rare thing, a sustained debate in which, as Collini remarks, the protagonists not only exchange shots but also ideas. It concludes with Mulhern's engagement with Collini's writing on the subordination of universities to metrics and bureaucracy, and a companion rejoinder from Collini on Mulhern's study of the 'condition of culture novel' and his essays on questions of nationality and the politics of intellectuals.
LC Classification NumberPN81.M825 2024
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