Interventions In Contemporary Thought History Politics Aesthetics Gabriel Rockhill by Gabriel Rockhill 9781474405379, 1474405371 instant download after payment.

With the aim of rethinking the state and stakes of contemporary theory, Gabriel Rockhill critically works through some of the most important recent philosophical writings on the intertwined topics of history, politics and art. He offers guidance to some of the complex debates in these areas, as well as a commanding overview of the key issues and some of the central figures, including Foucault, Derrida, Castoriadis, Badiou and Rancière.

By resituating theoretical work in a broader force field of culture and power, he advances an innovative and nuanced description of recent intellectual developments that calls into question the now standard but rather stereotypical accounts of prominent thinkers and philosophical movements. Far from hiding behind the towering figures with whom he engages, Rockhill stakes out positions in relationship to them and formulates precise arguments in favour of a novel understanding of the historical relationship between art and politics, arguing that there is a need for a deep shift in the tectonic plates that undergird these debates. The result is an invitation not only to retool extant methodological paradigms but also to ultimately reinvent the practice of theory itself.

• 'What is to be done, with theory?' on the Edinburgh University Press blog
• Read an interview with Gabriel Rockhill: 'Pulling the Emergency Break on Critical Theory in Retreat'
• 'Revolution Never Sleeps: Nuit Debout in France and Beyond' – Gabriel Rockhill writes on CounterPunch