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‘Theories for Troubled Times’ examines some of the concepts that shed light on the problems of the present (property, race, violence, neoliberalism…). And it explores discourses and dissident practices which challenge the present settlement (eco-criticism, the queer, the zombie, the post-human…). Each seminar will be built around the close reading of an essay on theory. In each case, we will illustrate the theoretical concept with short extracts (literary, but also videos, film clips). Such texts might include Roberto Bolaño, By Night in Chile, and Ronan Bennett, The Catastrophist.
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