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Critical Practice : Philosophy and Creativity
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What is the relationship between theory and practice in the creative arts today? In Critical Practice, Martin McQuillan offers a critical interrogation of the idea of practice-led research. He goes beyond the recent vocabulary of research management to consider the more interesting question of the emergence of a cultural space in which philosophy, theory, history and practice are becoming indistinguishable.
McQuillan considers the work of a number of writers and thinkers who cross the divide between theoretical and creative practice, including Alain Badiou and Terry Eagleton, and the longer tradition of 'theory-writing' that runs through the work of H l ne Cixous, Roland Barthes and Louis Althusser. His aim is to elucidate the contemporary ramifications of a relationship that has been contested throughout the long history of philosophy, from Plato's dialogues to Derrida's 'Envois'.This item is Non-Returnable
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- ISBN-13: 9781780930343
- ISBN-10: 1780930348
- Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
- Publish Date: February 2019
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.53 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.78 pounds
- Page Count: 248
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