Author: Broderick, Damien.
Title: Theory and Its Discontents.
Description: Geelong Deakin University Press, 1997. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, base rear cover creased, minor edgewear. 223 pp. A comprehensive, controversial and sardonic critic of critical theory - the work of Foucault, Kristeva, Derrida, Lacan, Baudrillard. He challenges the denial that there is a 'real world'. Following Roman Jakobson and Mikhail Bakhtin, and using discourse analysis, he suggests a startling theory of discursive 'long cycles', marked by regular historic rotation through just six cultural dominants. Originally presented as a PhD thesis, Deakin University. He is an associate of the University of Melbourne and an award-winning novelist. ISBN: 0949823651

Keywords: communication, language, linguistic, semantics, philosophy, society, culture, cultural studies, critical theory, research methods, discourse analysis 0949823651


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