Bøger i Post-Contemporary Interventions serien

Prior to its destruction in 1918, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had ruled over a vast array of nationalities and, in the course of its demise as well as after, Austria was beset by nationalism, racism, and other forms of identity politics that ultimately led to the triumph of Nazism. This title presents the study of the works of Robert Musil.

Views the body and media such as television, film, and the Internet, as cultural formations that operate on multiple registers of sensation beyond the reach of the reading techniques founded on the standard rhetorical and semiotic models.

This monograph aims to present a new view of the history of postructuralism (heterology) and the origins of postmodernism by analyzing three French theorists: Georges Bataille, Jean Baudrillard and Jean-Francois Lyotard.

A sophisticated theoretical reconsideration of Latin American studies, critiquing past work and proposing new frameworks for the discipline.

Offers an analysis of the complex relationships between history, literature, and nation-building in the modern Latin American context and also takes crucial steps toward the development of a truly comparative inter-American cultural criticism.

A definite look at the state of science fiction studies today that surveys the field from Hugo Gernsbach to the present.

Taking a look at Nazi cinema, this book examines Nazi films as movies that contain propaganda rather than as propaganda vehicles that happen to be movies. It is of interest to scholars involved in the study of cinema, popular culture, Nazism and Nazi art, the workings of fascist culture, and the history of modern ideology.

A strikingly original analysis of the rhetorical patterns underlying Western linguistic thought

This thoroughgoing reevaluation of Louis Althusser's philosophical project shows that the theorist was intensely engaged with the work of his contemporaries, particularly Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, and Lacan.

Proposes new paradigms more suited to Latin America's reconfigured political landscape

Argues for understanding Badiou's thought as a revival of dialectical materialism

Suitable for students and scholars of modernism, Chinese literature and history, film studies, and cultural studies, this book offers both a historical narrative and a critical analysis of the cultural visions and experiences of China's post-Mao era.

Since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the validity of Marxism and Marxist theory has undergone intense scrutiny both within and outside the academy. This book presents ten interviews with a group of international scholars to address the relevance of Gy'rgy Lukacs's theories to the post-communist era.

Contests the prevailing understanding of the relationship between postmodernity and Latin America by focusing on developments in Latin American, and particularly Argentine, political and literary culture.

The narratives of five Centro-Caribbean writers are shown to debate the predicament of women under nation formation within the confines of marriage and the home.

Explores the challenges television has posed for contemporary theories of culture, technology, and media.

Traces the production and circulation of knowledge about the criminal in nineteenth-century discourse