THE STATE OF LITERARY THEORY

French Theory's American Adventures

By FRANÇOIS CUSSET

Why still bother with theory, French or otherwise? It would take a true rhetorical talent to convince anyone today, even an academic humanist who hasn't left his or her campus for years, that theory and the many debates surrounding it can have any impact, say, on technological change, the leisure industry,...

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