Glossalalia: An Alphabet of Critical Keywords

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Julian Wolfreys
Psychology Press, 2003 - 400 Seiten
Glossalaliais not a conventional glossary or dictionary. Although arranged alphabetically, it is a cutting-edge introduction to the state of theory today. Here 26 newly commissioned "definitions" of theoretical keywords are presented in a playful A-Z format, ranging from "Animality" to "Zero." Leading theorists and critics including J. Hillis Miller, Gayatri Chavkravorty Spivak, Simon Critchley, Ernesto Laclau, and many others provide unusual and insightful interpretations of a range of unexpected terms such as "Zero," "X," and "Yarn." They also reflect with renewed vigor upon such familiar concerns as "Difference," "Jouissance," "Nation," and "Otherness." Like a standard glossary, the volume invites the reader to start almost anywhere. ButGlossala liasteps far beyond the parameters of a standard reference work that is simply "about theory" by encouraging readers to actively engage with and enjoy theory, and to consider the future possibilities of theory in the twenty-firstcentury.

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the alphabetic body1 i129 reification
261
Brian Rotman Thomas Pepper Silvia L López
269
biotechnologies23 knowledge169 teletechnotheology
279
Christopher Johnson Margaret Russett Martin McQuillan
297
Ulmer Daniel Cottom Mark Currie
309
event77 nation203 wit325
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Julian Wolfreys John Brannigan Drew Milne
341
Ruth Robbins Julian Wolfreys Tom Conley
353
Stephanie A Smith Geoff Ward Valentine Cunningham
369
notes on contributors391
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Julian Wolfreys is Associate Professor of English at the University of Florida. He is author and editor of many books including Deconstruction: Derrida, The Derrida Reader: Writing Performances, Literary Theories: A Case Study in Critical Performance, and Literary Theories: A Reader and Guide. He is general editor of the Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Modern Criticism and Theory.

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