Zones of Contention

Zones of ContentionAddresses the questions: What might be the role of the artist in the 21st century? How essential is art to the psychic and political well being of American society? This collection of essays by cultural critic Carol Becker plumbs particular areas of controversy to understand what information these "zones of contention" might yield about the multifarious culture wars taking place within American society today. In the process she addresses the place of

social-political theory

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consequences and remedies

which regulate critical life processes

is it possible to find principles that lead to the structure of quantum mechanics as it was historically formulated

Contribution and engagement

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Drawing on the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze

students at all education levels consistently enjoy learning about dreams and rank classes on dreaming among their favorite

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