Theory's Empire

Theory's Empire
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 752
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ISBN-10 : 0231134169
ISBN-13 : 9780231134163
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Book Synopsis Theory's Empire by : Daphne Patai

Download or read book Theory's Empire written by Daphne Patai and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... the essays in [this volume] question the inflated claims, facile slogans, and political pretensions that have in our time turned theory into a ubiquitous orthodoxy. [This is a] ... collection of essays that returns sanity and rationality to literary criticism, rescuing it from the esotericism, jargon, and delusions under which it had been buried by the "theorizers." -Back cover.


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