Strategies for Theory

R. L. Rutsky teaches film and media studies at the University of California at Irvine and is the author of High Technē: Art and Technology from the Machine Aesthetic to the Posthuman. Bradley J. Macdonald teaches political theory at Colorado State University and is the author of William Morris and the Aesthetic Constitution of Politics.

• IntroductionFrom Marx to Madonna: Theory, Culture, PoliticsR. L. Rutsky and Bradley J. Macdonald PART I: FROM POLITICS TO THEORY 1. Piece-WorkSamuel Weber 2. Why the Time Is Out of Joint: Marx's Political Economy without the SubjectTeresa Brennan 3. Time Signatures: Post*.* ResponsibilitiesJohn P. Leavey Jr. 4. Building a New Left: An Interview with Ernesto LaclauStrategies Collective 5. La Vi(ll)e en Rose: Reading Jameson Mapping SpaceDonald Preziosi 6. Foucault's FallacyMichael Ryan 7. The Politics of PostmetaphysicsKeith Topper PART II: FROM THEORY TO CULTURE 8. Rodney King and the Awkward Pause: Interpretation and PoliticsWilliam Chaloupka 9. The Making of "Derrida at the Little Bighorn": An InterviewGregory L. Ulmer 10. All the Stupid "Sex Stuff"Marilyn Manners 11. Migrant LandscapesIain Chambers 12. Leave It to Beaver: The Object of PornographyKelly Dennis 13. Heretical Marxism: Pasolini's Cinema InpopulareKriss Ravetto 14. Missing Marx: Or, How to Take Better AimLaurence A. Rickels Contributors Index

"Theory in relation to culture and politics is a central issue that pervades the humanities, arts, and social sciences today. This book presents leading scholars in the areas of theory, cultural studies, and political analysis who offer surprising perspectives on this topic. A fascinating read." — Mark Poster, editor of Politics, Theory, and Contemporary Culture"An excellent collection that offers both compelling critical views of established figures and theoretically inflected considerations of cultural phenomena." — Jeffrey J. Williams, coeditor of The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism