Difference; the key term in deconstruction; has broken free of its rigorous philosophical context in the work of Jacques Derrida; and turned into an excuse for doing theory the easy way. Celebrating variety for its own sake; Antony Easthope argues; cultural criticism too readily ignores the role of the text itself in addressing the desire of the reader. With characteristic directness; he takes to task the foremost theorists of the current generation one by one; including Edward Said and Homi Bhabha; Dona Haraway; Rosi Braidotti and Judith Butler. In a final tour de force; he contrasts what he calls the two Jakes; Jacques Lacan and Jacques Derrida; to bring out the way their respective theories need each other. The book is vintage Easthope: wide-ranging; fearless; witty and a radical challenge to complacency wherever it is to be found.
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