{"product_id":"resistance-to-theory-paul-de-man-9780816612949","title":"Resistance to Theory: Volume 33","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e Explores reasons why the theoretical enterprise is blind to, or \"resists,\" the radical nature of reading, in six essays that offer a new level of critical and cultural understanding in reference to the works of Jauss, Riffaterre, Benjamin, and Bakhtin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In a brilliant collection of essays, de Man explores his views, that, the resistance to theory is inherent in the theoretical enterprise itself, and the real debate is with its own methodological assumptions and possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Indispensable. . . . There is resistance to 'theory' and also confusion about its status with reference to both philosophy and criticism.\" -Frank Kermode, Columbia University \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul de Man\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816612943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816612949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.06w x 0.38d","brand":"Paul de Man","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47418985087231,"sku":"9780816612949","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3744e45-2f0e-4798-9ea4-14000cfeebce.jpg?v=1761508718","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/resistance-to-theory-paul-de-man-9780816612949","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}