Rhetoric and Composition as Intellectual Work, Jan 1, 2002
10 Coming to Terms: Theory, Writing, Politics LYNN WORSHAM I come back to the deadly seriousness ... more 10 Coming to Terms: Theory, Writing, Politics LYNN WORSHAM I come back to the deadly seriousness of intellectual work. It is a deadly serious matter. I come back to the critical distinction between intellectual work and academic work: they overlap, they abut with one another, they feed ...
Few contemporary critical intellectuals have been able to navigate the currents of both high theo... more Few contemporary critical intellectuals have been able to navigate the currents of both high theory and popular cultural critique with such facility as has Slovenian psychoanalytic theorist Slavoj Zizek, One of the most prolific of today ,s theorists, Zizek opines on an impressive range of popular and arcane subjects, from Lacanian psychoanalytic theory to popular culture, from analytic philosophy to cyber-culture. Known as the "The Giant of Ljubljana," Zizek is indisputably one of the world's most important cultural critics.
For political philosopher Ernesto Laclau, social theory must become more strategic if it is to pr... more For political philosopher Ernesto Laclau, social theory must become more strategic if it is to provide a productive analysis of the complexity of contemporary society. Grasping this complexity requires a discourse combining traditions of thought that begin from different starting points but that all converge on political analysis. Thus, as Laclau points out in the interview below, he seeks to deepen the project of radical democracy by operating deconstructively within Marxist categories in order to present an analysis that goes beyond Marxism but that "nourished itself from Marxism as one its roots.» It is toward the goal of developing a strategy for the left that he has devoted himself, first in Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (coauthored with Chantal Mouffe) and more recently in Emancipation{s} and New Reflections on the Revolution o/Our Time.
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany 0 1999 State University of New York All r... more Published by State University of New York Press, Albany 0 1999 State University of New York All rights reserved. All material contained herein is published by permission oijAC: A Journal of Composition Theory Cover Art: "Just Desserts* by Denis Sargent, acrylic on canvas, ...
Rhetoric and Composition as Intellectual Work, Jan 1, 2002
10 Coming to Terms: Theory, Writing, Politics LYNN WORSHAM I come back to the deadly seriousness ... more 10 Coming to Terms: Theory, Writing, Politics LYNN WORSHAM I come back to the deadly seriousness of intellectual work. It is a deadly serious matter. I come back to the critical distinction between intellectual work and academic work: they overlap, they abut with one another, they feed ...
Few contemporary critical intellectuals have been able to navigate the currents of both high theo... more Few contemporary critical intellectuals have been able to navigate the currents of both high theory and popular cultural critique with such facility as has Slovenian psychoanalytic theorist Slavoj Zizek, One of the most prolific of today ,s theorists, Zizek opines on an impressive range of popular and arcane subjects, from Lacanian psychoanalytic theory to popular culture, from analytic philosophy to cyber-culture. Known as the "The Giant of Ljubljana," Zizek is indisputably one of the world's most important cultural critics.
For political philosopher Ernesto Laclau, social theory must become more strategic if it is to pr... more For political philosopher Ernesto Laclau, social theory must become more strategic if it is to provide a productive analysis of the complexity of contemporary society. Grasping this complexity requires a discourse combining traditions of thought that begin from different starting points but that all converge on political analysis. Thus, as Laclau points out in the interview below, he seeks to deepen the project of radical democracy by operating deconstructively within Marxist categories in order to present an analysis that goes beyond Marxism but that "nourished itself from Marxism as one its roots.» It is toward the goal of developing a strategy for the left that he has devoted himself, first in Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (coauthored with Chantal Mouffe) and more recently in Emancipation{s} and New Reflections on the Revolution o/Our Time.
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany 0 1999 State University of New York All r... more Published by State University of New York Press, Albany 0 1999 State University of New York All rights reserved. All material contained herein is published by permission oijAC: A Journal of Composition Theory Cover Art: "Just Desserts* by Denis Sargent, acrylic on canvas, ...
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