Cultural & Literary Theory
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The Revolution of Everyday Life
The Situationist treatise that helped kindle the events of May '68
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Occupy!
Edited by Keith Gessen, Astra Taylor, et al.
The first book to explore the Occupy movement in depth, with reportage and analysis.
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Karl Marx and World Literature
by S. S. Prawer
"A landmark in comparative literature in Britain."—George Steiner, Sunday Times
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Representing Capital
A radical rereading of Marx’s central work by the prolific cultural theorist and philosopher.
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The Notebook
A lyrical and thought-provoking record of the last year in the life of the Nobel Prize–winning novelist.
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Brecht and Method
“Elegant dissection of Brecht’s method, from estrangements to allegory and beyond.”—Modern Drama
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Freudian Slip
“A firework display of erudition.”—Perry Anderson.
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Minima Moralia
Adorno's literary and philosophical masterpiece, built from aphorisms and reflections.
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Valences of the Dialectic
A comprehensive analysis of the philosophy of the dialectic.
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The Myths of Liberal Zionism
by Yitzhak Laor
One of Israel's most independent writers demystifies the "peace camp" liberals.
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Speak, Nabokov
by Michael Maar
Master literary sleuth unearths Nabokov's life from his work.
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The Task of the Critic
The leading literary theorist dissected in interview.
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The Other
The master of literary reportage reflects on the West's encounters with the non-European.
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The Protocols of the Elders of Sodom
Provocative and witty essays on the giants of world literature.by Tariq Ali
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The Cultural Turn
An accessible introduction to the key writings on postmodernism by the influential Marxist critic.
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In Search of Wagner
Adorno explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural analysis, with a foreword by Slavoj Žižek.