The Limits of Theory

Thomas M. Kavanagh (Edited by)

9780804717106

Paperback / softback, published 1 February 1989

268 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.268 kg

"In response to the noisy world of contemporary theory, Kavanagh has assembled a provocative collection of essays by critics and philosophers who share the conviction that there is a limit beyond which the drive to theorize transforms theory into something different from what it presents itself as being. . . . Limits attempts with considerable success to strike a delicate balance between critiquing theoretical excess and defending theory's usefulness."—Scott Sprenger, Modern Language Notes

A Stanford University Press classic.