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The Persistence of the Negative : A Critique of Contemporary Continental Theory / Benjamin Noys.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780748638635
  • 9780748643295
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 190 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. On the Edge of Affirmation: Derrida -- 2. Adieu to Negativity: Deleuze -- 3. The Density and Fragility of the World: Latour -- 4. Immeasurable Life: Negri -- 5. On the Edge of the Negative: Badiou -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: A compelling critique of contemporary continental theoryThrough a series of incisive readings of leading theoretical figures of affirmationism – Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Bruno Latour, Antonio Negri and Alain Badiou – Benjamin Noys contests the tendency of recent theory to rely on affirmation, and especially an affirmative thinking of resistance. He reveals a profound current of negativity that allows theory to return to its political calling.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. On the Edge of Affirmation: Derrida -- 2. Adieu to Negativity: Deleuze -- 3. The Density and Fragility of the World: Latour -- 4. Immeasurable Life: Negri -- 5. On the Edge of the Negative: Badiou -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

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A compelling critique of contemporary continental theoryThrough a series of incisive readings of leading theoretical figures of affirmationism – Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Bruno Latour, Antonio Negri and Alain Badiou – Benjamin Noys contests the tendency of recent theory to rely on affirmation, and especially an affirmative thinking of resistance. He reveals a profound current of negativity that allows theory to return to its political calling.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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