{"product_id":"criticism-and-politics-bruce-robbins-9781503633209","title":"Criticism and Politics: A Polemical Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn accessible introduction to cultural theory and an original polemic about the purpose of criticism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is criticism \u003ci\u003efor\u003c\/i\u003e? Over the past few decades, impassioned disagreements over that question in the academy have burst into the news media. These conflicts have renewed the culture wars over the legacy of the 1960s, becoming entangled in national politics and leading to a new set of questions about critics and the power they do or don't wield. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRe-examining theorists from Matthew Arnold to Walter Benjamin, to Fredric Jameson, Stuart Hall, and Hortense Spillers, \u003ci\u003eCriticism and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e explores the animating contradictions that have long propelled literary studies: between pronouncing judgment and engaging in philosophical critique, between democracy and expertise, between political commitment and aesthetic autonomy. Both a leftist critic and a critic of the left, Robbins unflinchingly defends criticism from those who might wish to de-politicize it, arguing that working for change is not optional for critics, but rather a core part of their job description. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Robbins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1503633209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503633209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023","brand":"Bruce Robbins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44133163892991,"sku":"9781503633209","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47e9e772-eccc-463b-b32a-f0e1ee5ad04f.jpg?v=1687484458","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/criticism-and-politics-bruce-robbins-9781503633209","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}