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May 12, 2020 58 min

The Theory Truce

from The LRB Podcast Hosted by The London Review of Books

Michael Wood talks to Adam Shatz about critical theory, its origins, developments and various diversions, and where it stands today. The conversation marks the publication of the eighth volume in the LRB Collections series, The Meaninglessness of Meaning: Writing about the theory wars from the ‘London Review of Books’ by contributors including Pierre Bourdieau, Judith Butler, Richard Rorty, Lorna Sage, John Sturrock and Michael Wood. You can buy the book on the LRB Store here: lrb.me/theory Find a full transcript and list of related articles for this episode here: https://lrb.me/theorytrucepod Subscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b

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