By eliminating theory from the academy, the valiant warriors of antitheory believe that they are saving it from appreciative peril. This Is Not the End of Theory presents a host of arguments against this claim. It demonstrates that the elimination of theory from the academy has quite the opposite effect. Namely, it foreshadows the death of the academy.
This is not the end of theory because our ability to think, interpret, and judge critically depends on it-and a world without theory is one where critical thinking, interpretation, and judgment will soon vanish in the darkness. This Is Not the End of Theory is a warning to all who value critical theory, humanities, and pedagogy to be wary of new directions in antitheory regardless of their source-and to do everything they can to avoid them taking root.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 - Valuing the Humanities; 2 - The Trouble with Experts; 3 - The Paradox of Postliberal Humanism; 4 - Commerce with Montaigne; 5 - Just Academe; 6 - Fight the Power; 7 - Jackie Robinson Comes to Iowa; 8 - Worlding Literature; 9 - Ending World, Ending Philosophy; 10 - The Infrastructure of Death; 11 - Living After Extinction; 12 - Every Dog Has His Day; 13 - The Question of Jargon; 14 - Closely Read Terms; 15 - The Other Alterity; 16 - The Fate of Semiotics; 17 - The Perpetual Impossibility of Theory; 18 - The Thirty-Five-Million-Dollar Book; 19 - The Last Dictionary; 20 - Who's Afraid of ChatGPT?; 21 - Out of Supply, Indefinitely; 22 - How to Listen to Philosophy; 23 - A School of One's Own; 24 - On the Parasitic University; Notes; Index
