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Coda
theory matters
pp. 349-350
Abstract
It would perhaps be too much of a good thing and counter-productive altogether to expect a truly common denominator at the end of a collaborative effort dedicated to the allocation of the place of theory in literary and cultural studies today. Rather than artificially synthesizing or neatly typologizing the current state of affairs in the light of the contributions to this volume, our diagnosis highlights difference, plurality, creativity, unpredictability, performativity, a dialogic interdisciplinarity, complexity, and, after all, the acceptance of contingency at the heart of theoretical discourse in the humanities today.
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Middeke Martin, Reinfandt Christoph (2016) Theory matters: the place of theory in literary and cultural studies today. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 349-350
DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-47428-5_25
Full citation:
Middeke Martin, Reinfandt Christoph (2016) „Coda: theory matters“, In: M. Middeke & C. Reinfandt (eds.), Theory matters, Dordrecht, Springer, 349–350.