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>From: "A. Cephalous" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: CFP: Online Symposium on Theory's Empire (7/12/05; weblog)
>
>The Valve (http://www.thevalve.org/go) is a literary weblog dedicated to the
>proposition that the function of the little magazine can follow this form.
>Beginning July 12th, the contributors to the Valve and a number of prominent
>scholars--including Michael Berube, Gerald Graff, Scott McLemee, &c.--will
>be discussing Daphne Patai and Will H. Corral's recently published Theory's
>Empire: An Anthology of Dissent.  This is the first of many planned online
>colloquia concerning recently published works of interest to literary and
>cultural scholars.  Thinkers of all theoretical stripes are welcome to
>attend and encouraged to participate in the ongoing conversation.  A brief
>description of the anthology and a link to its table of contents can be
>found below. 
>
>Theory's Empire: An Anthology of Dissent
>
>Not too long ago, literary theorists were writing about the death of the
>novel and the death of the author; today many are talking about the death of
>Theory. Theory, as the many theoretical ism's (among them postcolonialism,
>postmodernism, and New Historicism) are now known, once seemed so exciting
>but has become ossified and insular. This iconoclastic collection is an
>excellent companion to current anthologies of literary theory, which have
>embraced an uncritical stance toward Theory and its practitioners. Written
>by nearly fifty prominent scholars, the essays in /Theory's Empire/ question
>the ideas, catchphrases, and excesses that have let Theory congeal into a
>predictable orthodoxy. More than just a critique, however, this collection
>provides readers with effective tools to redeem the study of literature,
>restore reason to our intellectual life, and redefine the role and place of
>Theory in the academy.
>
>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/catalog/data/023113/0231134169.HTM

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