{"product_id":"crimes-of-the-future-theory-and-its-global-reproduction-paperback","title":"Crimes of the Future: Theory and its Global Reproduction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean-Michel Rabaté\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe decade since the publication of Jean-Michel Rabaté's controversial manifesto \u003ci\u003eThe Future\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e of Theory\u003c\/i\u003e saw important changes in the field. The demise of most of the visible French or German philosophers, who had produced texts that would trigger new debates, then to be processed by Theory, has led to drastic revisions and starker assessments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGlobalization has been the most obvious factor to modify the selection of texts studied. During the twentieth century, Theory incorporated poetics, rhetorics, aesthetics and linguistics, while also opening itself to continental philosophy. What has changed today? The knowledge that we live in a de-centered world has destabilized the primacy granted to a purely Western canon. Moreover, much of contemporary theory remains highly allusive and this is often baffling for students. Theory keeps recycling itself, producing authentic returns of basic theses, terms and concepts. Canonical modern theorists often return to classical texts, as those of Plato, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd now we want to know: what is new? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrimes of the Future \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the past, present and potential future of Theory.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Michel Rabaté\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world's foremost literary theorists. He is Professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Vartan Gregorian Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Professor Rabaté has authored or edited more than thirty books on modernism, psychoanalysis, contemporary art, philosophy, and writers like Beckett, Pound and Joyce. His publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Ghosts of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eThe Ethic of the Lie \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), \u003ci\u003e1913: The cradle of modernism \u003c\/i\u003e(2007), and \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). He is the Managing Editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is currently the President of the American Samuel Beckett Studies Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118888718471,"sku":"9781441172877","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/01ba453e0c3612c131c93bc1da33fd30.webp?v=1732537161","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/crimes-of-the-future-theory-and-its-global-reproduction-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}