The theory toolbox : critical concepts for the humanities, arts, and social sciences
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The theory toolbox : critical concepts for the humanities, arts, and social sciences
（Culture and politics series）
Rowman & Littlefield, c2003
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The theory toolbox : critical concepts for the humanities, arts, & social sciences
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: cloth : alk. paper ISBN 9780742519930
Description
This text involves students in understanding and using the "tools" of critical social and literary theory from the first day of class. It is an ideal first introduction before students encounter more difficult readings from critical and postmodern perspectives. Nealon and Giroux describe key concepts and illuminate each with an engaging inquiry that asks students to consider deeper and deeper questions. Written in students' own idiom, and drawing its examples from the social world, literature, popular culture, and advertising, The Theory Toolbox offers students the language and opportunity to theorize rather than positioning them to respond to theory as a reified history of various schools of thought. Clear and engaging, it avoids facile description, inviting students to struggle with ideas and the world by virtue of the book's relentless challenge to common assumptions and its appeal to common sense.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 "Why Theory?" Chapter 2 Author-ity Chapter 3 Reading Chapter 4 Subjectivity Chapter 5 Culture Chapter 6 Ideology Chapter 7 History Chapter 8 Space/Time Chapter 9 Posts Chapter 10 Differences Chapter 11 Agency Chapter 12 For Further Reading
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: pbk. : alk. paper ISBN 9780742519947
Description
This text involves students in understanding and using the 'tools' of critical social and literary theory from the first day of class. It is an ideal first introduction before students encounter more difficult readings from critical and postmodern perspectives. Nealon and Giroux describe key concepts and illuminate each with an engaging inquiry that asks students to consider deeper and deeper questions. Written in students' own idiom, and drawing its examples from the social world, literature, popular culture, and advertising, The Theory Toolbox offers students the language and opportunity to theorize rather than positioning them to respond to theory as a reified history of various schools of thought. Clear and engaging, it avoids facile description, inviting students to struggle with ideas and the world by virtue of the book's relentless challenge to common assumptions and its appeal to common sense.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 "Why Theory?" Chapter 2 Author-ity Chapter 3 Reading Chapter 4 Subjectivity Chapter 5 Culture Chapter 6 Ideology Chapter 7 History Chapter 8 Space/Time Chapter 9 Posts Chapter 10 Differences Chapter 11 Agency Chapter 12 For Further Reading
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