The Persistence of the Negative: A Critique of Contemporary Continental Theory

by Benjamin Noys

Book Overview

Through a series of incisive readings of leading theoretical figures of affirmationism - Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Bruno Latour, Antonio Negri and Alain Badiou - Benjamin Noys contests the tendency of recent theory to rely on affirmation, and especially an affirmative thinking of resistance. He reveals a profound current of negativity that allows theory to return to its political calling.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748649042
• ISBN13: 9780748649044
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher