On the way to theory / Lawrence Grossberg.
| Author/creator | Grossberg, Lawrence author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Durham : Duke University Press, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | xviii, 476 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Thinking and theorizing -- Modernity, crisis, politics (first interregnum) -- Beginnings -- Enlightenment(s) -- Rationalism and Descartes -- Empiricism and Hume -- Spinoza -- A brief coffee break -- Modern beginnings -- Kant's Copernican revolution -- Kant and Critique -- Hegel and Dialectics -- Hegel and Totality -- Second modernity (second interregnum) -- Power and the limits of reason -- Marx and Dialectical Materialism -- Marx and historical materialism -- Nietzsche -- Psychoanalysis and Freud -- Phenomenology -- Phenomenology and Husserl -- Heidegger -- Linguistic turns -- Pragmatism -- Wittgenstein -- Structuralism -- Structuralism and subjectivity -- The postmodern (third interregnum) -- Heidegger again -- Poststructuralism and Derrida -- Deleuze -- Deleuze and Guattari -- Foucault and Critique -- Foucault and Knowledge/Power -- Stuart Hall. |
| Abstract | "In On the Way to Theory, Lawrence Grossberg introduces the major ways of thinking that provide the backstory for contemporary Western theory. Asking readers to think about thinking, Grossberg traces cultural and critical theory's foundations from the contested enlightenments to modern and postmodern conceptualizations of power, experience, language, and existence. He introduces key figures as historical characters and lays out the unique set of tools for thought that their "deep theories" offer. Through finely tuned and accessible descriptions of their concepts and logics, Grossberg highlights thinkers including Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze, Hall, defining the possibilities of their thought. This book is essential for those interested in how theories shape our understanding of the world, influence our choices, and define our realities. It challenges us to recognize the multiplicity and complexities of ways of thinking in our quest for knowledge and understanding. By setting out a story of theoretical foundations, Grossberg invites readers to think toward the future of theory and expand conversations around theoretical scrutiny and criticism"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Grossberg, Lawrence. On the way to theory. Durham : Duke University Press, 2024 9781478059837 |
| Genre/form | lectures. |
| Genre/form | Lectures. |
| Genre/form | Conférences. |
| LCCN | 2023056164 |
| ISBN | 9781478030850 |
| ISBN | 9781478026631 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1478026634 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1478030852 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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