{"product_id":"what-is-cultural-criticism-isbn-9781804293379","title":"What Is Cultural Criticism?","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo leading critics grapple with problems of literature, politics and intellectual practice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Cultural Criticism?\u003c\/i\u003e, two leading critics grapple with problems of literature, politics and intellectual practice. The debate opens with Francis Mulhern’s account of what he terms ‘metacultural discourse’. This embraces two opposing critical traditions, the elite pessimism of Kulturkritik and the populist enthusiasms of Cultural Studies. Each in its own way dissolves politics into culture, Mulhern argues. Collini, on the other hand, protests that cultural criticism provides resources for genuine critical engagement with contemporary society. Tension between culture and politics there may be, but it works productively in both directions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis widely noticed encounter is that rare thing, a sustained debate in which, as Collini remarks, the protagonists not only exchange shots but also ideas. It concludes with Mulhern’s engagement with Collini’s writing on the subordination of universities to metrics and bureaucracy, and a companion rejoinder from Collini on Mulhern’s study of the ‘condition of culture novel’ and his essays on questions of nationality and the politics of intellectuals.\u003ci\u003ePublisher’s Note\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Culture\/Metaculture\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Francis Mulhern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Culture Talk\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Stefan Collini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eII\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Beyond Metaculture\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Francis Mulhern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Defending Cultural Criticism\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Stefan Collini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Logic of Cultural Criticism\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Francis Mulhern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. On Variousness; and on Persuasion\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Stefan Collini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIII\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. In the Academic Counting-House\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Francis Mulhern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Naming of Parts\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Stefan Collini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\"An epic debate over the proper relation between culture and politics.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Bruce Robbins, \u003ci\u003eboundary 2\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mulhern and Collini are just close enough in their practice, and just distant enough in their political temperaments, to be fascinating antagonists.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Nicholas Dames, \u003ci\u003ePublic Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Absorbing reading … A debate between two of the UK's most prominent critics and historians of criticism that ultimately rippled outward to include intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Julianne Werlin, \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancis Mulhern\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Moment of ‘Scrutiny’\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCulture\/Metaculture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFigures of Catastrophe\u003c\/i\u003e. His latest essay collection \u003ci\u003eInto the Mêlée\u003c\/i\u003e is newly published by Verso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStefan Collini\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Intellectual History and English Literature at the University of Cambridge. His books include, most recently, \u003ci\u003eCommon Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpeaking of Universities\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nostalgic Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299915288805,"sku":"NP9781804293379","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781804293379.jpg?v=1767743848","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/what-is-cultural-criticism-isbn-9781804293379","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}