Oxford Dictionary of Critical Theory. By Ian Buchanan
THE PIVOTAL OBSERVATION that ‘critical theory has leakier borders than most disciplines’ (p. vii) forms the basis of Buchanan’s precise introduction to his Dictionary of Critical Theory. From this initial observation, one can deduce at least two concerns that Buchanan’s project seeks to address: (i)...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2010
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Literature and theology
Year: 2010, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 436-438 |
| Review of: | A dictionary of critical theory (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2010) (Müller, Christopher)
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| Summary: | THE PIVOTAL OBSERVATION that ‘critical theory has leakier borders than most disciplines’ (p. vii) forms the basis of Buchanan’s precise introduction to his Dictionary of Critical Theory. From this initial observation, one can deduce at least two concerns that Buchanan’s project seeks to address: (i) not only does it want to define the concepts, thoughts and thinkers informing the ‘leaky’ term critical theory, but also in doing so, (ii) it seeks to define the field as such, in order to shore up the foundation and plug some of the leaks. This stance is reinforced in the latter of the dictionary’s two entries on the term ‘critical theory’ per se: ‘today the term is also used to refer … to any form of theorizing in the humanities and social sciences … . |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frq034 |