Volume 11, Numbers 1-2

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he observed troubles with theory have remained remarkably consistent over time. One could contend that the history of discussions of the status of literary and critical theory is co-extensive with the history of theory itself. Periods of doubt as to the health and relevancy of theory generally resolve into periods of growth and lively critical activity. Theory presses on through bouts of self-reflexive crisis. But in recent years, this self-reflection has taken on an even more critical direction. Some critics have argued that the moment has arrived for a new, posttheory generation.

Contents

Paul Allen Miller
The Trouble with Theory

Neil Levi & Michael Rothberg
Auschwitz and Theory

Leslie Scalapino
Fiction’s Present without Basis

Jean-Michel Rabaté & Gregg Lambert
On The Future of Theory

Horst Ruthof
Theorizing: An Incomplete Project

John Frow
Terror and the Limits of Cultural Studies

Georges Van Den Abbeele
Theory and the ‘Chunnel’

Wojciech Kalaga
The Trouble with the Virtual

Ned Rossiter
Processual Media Theory

Claire Colebrook
Happiness, Theoria and Everyday Life

Mark Gibson
The Geography of Theory

Peter McCarthy
‘Marginalist’ Criticism

Mark M. Freed
Latour, Musil, and NonModernity

Jed Deppman
Re-Presenting Valéry’s Monsieur Teste

Sharla Hutchinson
Convulsive Beauty