Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Preface: Why Post-Postmodernism? ix
5. Section 1: Culture and Economics
6. 1. Post-Postmodernism. Periodizing the ’80s: The Cultural Logic of Economic Privatization in the US 1
7. 2. Intensity. Empire of the Intensities: A Random Walk down Las Vegas Boulevard 25
8. 3. Commodity. The Song Remains the Same: On the Post-Postmodern Economics of Classic Rock 43
9. 4. University. The Associate Vice Provost in the Gray Flannel Suit: Administrative Labor and the Corporate University 66
10. Section 2: Theory Going Forward
11. Interruptive Excursus: Rereading. On the “Hermeneutics of Situation” in Nietzsche and Adorno 87
12. 5. Deconstruction. Postdeconstructive? Negri, Derrida, and the Present State of Theory 113
13. 6. Interpretation. The Swerve around P: Theory after Interpretation 126
14. 7. Literature. Can Literature Be Equipment for Post-Postmodern Living 146
15. Coda: Liberal Arts. Not Your Father’s Liberal Arts: or, Humanities Theory in the Post-Post Future 171
16. Notes 195
17. Works Cited 213
18. Index 225