The Mark of Theory : Inscriptive Figures, Poststructuralist Prehistories / Andrea Bachner.

Author/creator Bachner, Andrea author.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Fordham University Press, 2018.
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Contents At the scene of inscription -- Savage marks: subjection and the specters of anthropology -- Impact erasure: psychoanalysis and the multiplication of trauma -- Stings of visibility: picture theories and visual contact -- Out of the groove: aural traces and the mediation of sound -- Against inscription?
Summary What imaginaries, tropes, and media have shaped how we theorise? 'The Mark of Theory' argues that inscription constitutes one of the master metaphors of contemporary theory. As a trope that draws on a wide array of practices of marking, from tattooing to circumcision, from photographic imprints and phonographic grooves to marks on a page, inscription provides an imaginary that orients and irritates theoretical thought. Tracing inscriptive imaginaries from the late 19th century to today, the work offers a wide-ranging conceptual genealogy of contemporary thought.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Bachner, Andrea. Mark of Theory. New York : Fordham University Press, 2017 9780823277490
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