{"product_id":"9781501336324","title":"Adventures in Theory A Compact Anthology","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAdventures in Theory\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Compact Anthology\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCalvin Thomas\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Semiotics \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe purpose of art, according to the artist Banksy, is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. The purpose of that creative practice called “theory” is to disturb everyone-to perpetually unsettle all our staid assumptions, all our fixed understandings, all our familiar identities. An alternative to the typically large and unwieldy theory anthology, \u003ci\u003eAdventures in Theory\u003c\/i\u003e offers a manageably short collection of writings that have famously enacted the central purpose of theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdventures in Theory\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a steadily unsettling tour, spanning the most significant thought provocations in the history of theoretical writing from Marx and Nietzsche through Foucault and Derrida to Butler, Zizek, and Edelman. Engagingly lean and enjoyably mean, this is a minimalist anthology with maximal impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCalvin Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Georgia State University, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTen Lessons in Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2013), \u003ci\u003eMasculinity, Psychoanalysis, Straight Queer Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003eMale Matters (\u003c\/i\u003e1996).  He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eStraight with a Twist: Queer Theory and the Subject of Heterosexuality\u003c\/i\u003e (2000).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 November 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781501336324\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332528078988,"sku":"9781501336324","price":27.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_9f394522-4af8-4e4a-b660-a9484eef674d.jpg?v=1783603821","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781501336324","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}