{"product_id":"adventures-in-theory-calvin-thomas-9781501336331","title":"Adventures in Theory: A Compact Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe purpose of art, according to the artist Banksy, is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. The purpose of that creative practice called \"theory\" is to disturb everyone-to perpetually unsettle all our staid assumptions, all our fixed understandings, all our familiar identities. An alternative to the typically large and unwieldy theory anthology, \u003ci\u003eAdventures in Theory\u003c\/i\u003e offers a manageably short collection of writings that have famously enacted the central purpose of theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdventures in Theory\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a steadily unsettling tour, spanning the most significant thought provocations in the history of theoretical writing from Marx and Nietzsche through Foucault and Derrida to Butler, Zizek, and Edelman. Engagingly lean and enjoyably mean, this is a minimalist anthology with maximal impact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Calvin Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501336339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501336331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d","brand":"Calvin Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48445232447743,"sku":"9781501336331","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_285e1029-f464-4691-a37d-f0cbf4b31887.jpg?v=1777217374","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/adventures-in-theory-calvin-thomas-9781501336331","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}