Reaganism in Literary Theory

Reaganism in Literary TheoryLargely erased from disciplinary memory, Paul de Mans replacement of canon with literariness as the object of literary studies preserved a discourse of devotion and disqualification homologous with Reaganism. This negative moralism shelters professional privilege and competition from scrutiny, supported by misrecognitions like hermeneutic suspicion, materiality, and identity politics.

yet he never fully connects to a meaningful human relationship

the novel is a celebration of queerness in form and function

tech-noir has emerged as a distinct genre

including huge public debts

landscape and urban design of the Middle East and of regions shaped by diasporic communities more globally

its creators and its audience is subverted and democratised

and moral failings

this book goes far beyond familiar depictions of ‘Nordic aesthetics’ in art

and investigates the cosmopolitan strategies of Kahn and associates

it will be admired for its rigour and accessibility by scholars across disciplines in the visual arts

yet pragmatically embraces its potential to facilitate and enable a radical internationalist politics

on the other hand