Geoffrey Galt Harpham
Encyclopedia
Geoffrey Galt Harpham is an American academic who currently serves as the fifth President and Director of the National Humanities Center
, succeeding Charles Frankel
, William Bennett
, Charles Blitzer, and Robert Connor. One of the characteristics of his tenure has been the encouragement of dialogue between the humanities
on the one hand and the natural and social sciences
on the other.
He is at the same time a Visiting Research Professor of English at Duke University
and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
, and also a Life Member of Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge
. He is in addition a member of the Board of Visitors
of Ralston College
.
His most recent book, The Humanities and the Dream of America, was published by the University of Chicago Press
in March 2011.
Articles, Review-Essays, Etc.
National Humanities Center
The National Humanities Center is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities. It is the only major independent institute for advanced study in all fields of the humanities in the United States. The NHC operates as a privately incorporated nonprofit and is not part of any...
, succeeding Charles Frankel
Charles Frankel
Charles Frankel was an American philosopher.Born in to a Jewish family in New York City, he was the son of Abraham Philip and Estelle Edith Frankel. He married Helen Beatrice Lehman on August 17, 1941. Together they had two children, Susan and Carl.Frankel was educated at Columbia, Charles...
, William Bennett
William Bennett
William John "Bill" Bennett is an American conservative pundit, politician, and political theorist. He served as United States Secretary of Education from 1985 to 1988. He also held the post of Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under George H. W...
, Charles Blitzer, and Robert Connor. One of the characteristics of his tenure has been the encouragement of dialogue between the humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
on the one hand and the natural and social sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
on the other.
He is at the same time a Visiting Research Professor of English at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
, and also a Life Member of Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. He is in addition a member of the Board of Visitors
Visitor
A Visitor, in United Kingdom law and history, is an overseer of an autonomous ecclesiastical or eleemosynary institution , who can intervene in the internal affairs of that institution...
of Ralston College
Ralston College
Ralston College is a liberal arts college in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It was founded on February 1, 2010 and as of December 2010 is not yet accepting applications for admission. The patrons of Ralston College are Harold Bloom, Hilary Putnam, and Salman Rushdie. The members of the Board...
.
His most recent book, The Humanities and the Dream of America, was published by the University of Chicago Press
University of Chicago Press
The University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
in March 2011.
Selected publications
Books- On the GrotesqueGrotesqueThe word grotesque comes from the same Latin root as "Grotto", meaning a small cave or hollow. The original meaning was restricted to an extravagant style of Ancient Roman decorative art rediscovered and then copied in Rome at the end of the 15th century...
: Strategies of Contradiction in Art and Literature (Princeton University PressPrinceton University Press-Further reading:* "". Artforum International, 2005.-External links:* * * * *...
, 1982; paperback, 1986). 2nd ed. with new preface (Davies Publishing, 2006). This work was the primary inspiration for “Domus Aurea,” a composition by Edmund Campion for piano and vibraphone, which premiered at the Centre Pompidou, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, November 4, 2000. - The AsceticAsceticismAsceticism describes a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of worldly pleasures often with the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals...
Imperative in Culture and Criticism (University of Chicago PressUniversity of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
, 1987; paperback, 1992). - Getting It Right: Language, Literature, and Ethics (University of Chicago PressUniversity of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
, 1992). Partially translated into CroatianCroatian languageCroatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
as “Pripovjedni Imperative,” in Politika ietika pripovijedanja, ed. Vladimir Biti (ZagrebZagrebZagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
: Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada, 2003), 129-56. - One of Us: The Mastery of Joseph ConradJoseph ConradJoseph Conrad was a Polish-born English novelist.Conrad is regarded as one of the great novelists in English, although he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties...
(University of Chicago PressUniversity of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
, 1996). - Shadows of Ethics: Criticism and the Just Society (Duke University PressDuke University PressDuke University Press is an academic publisher of books and journals, and a unit of Duke University. It publishes approximately 120 books annually and more than 40 journals, as well as offering five electronic collections...
, 1999). - Language Alone: The Critical Fetish of Modernity (Routledge PressRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 2002). - A GlossaryGlossaryA glossary, also known as an idioticon, vocabulary, or clavis, is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms...
of Literary Terms, 8th ed., coauthored with M. H. AbramsM. H. AbramsMeyer Howard Abrams is an American literary critic, known for works on Romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and the Lamp. Under Abrams' editorship, the Norton Anthology of English Literature became the standard text for undergraduate survey courses across the U.S...
(Wadsworth, 2005); 9th ed. (Wadsworth, 2008). Translated into PersianPersian languagePersian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
, TurkishTurkish languageTurkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
, ChineseStandard ChineseStandard Chinese, or Modern Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin or Putonghua, is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Republic of China , and is one of the four official languages of Singapore....
, KoreanKorean languageKorean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
, GreekModern GreekModern Greek refers to the varieties of the Greek language spoken in the modern era. The beginning of the "modern" period of the language is often symbolically assigned to the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453, even though that date marks no clear linguistic boundary and many characteristic...
. Indian edition, 2009. - The Character of Criticism (Routledge PressRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 2006). - On Being Human, special issue of DaedalusDaedalus (journal)Dædalus is a peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 1955 as the Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. It is published by MIT Press on behalf of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Each issue addresses a theme with essays on the arts, sciences, and humanities. Special...
, 138.3 (2009), consulting editor. This issue grew out of the “Autonomy, Singularity, Creativity: The Human and the Humanities” initiative sponsored by the National Humanities CenterNational Humanities CenterThe National Humanities Center is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities. It is the only major independent institute for advanced study in all fields of the humanities in the United States. The NHC operates as a privately incorporated nonprofit and is not part of any...
, 2006-09.
Articles, Review-Essays, Etc.
- “The Incompleteness of Beardsley’sAubrey BeardsleyAubrey Vincent Beardsley was an English illustrator and author. His drawings, done in black ink and influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the Aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James A....
Venus and TannhäuserUnder the HillUnder the Hill is an unfinished erotic novel by Aubrey Beardsley, based on the legend of Tannhäuser. The first parts of it were published in The Savoy and later issued in book form by Leonard Smithers...
,” English Literature in Transition 18.1 (1975): 24-32. - “Jack LondonJack LondonJohn Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone...
and the Tradition of Superman Socialism,” American Studies 16.1 (1975): 23-33. - “The GrotesqueGrotesqueThe word grotesque comes from the same Latin root as "Grotto", meaning a small cave or hollow. The original meaning was restricted to an extravagant style of Ancient Roman decorative art rediscovered and then copied in Rome at the end of the 15th century...
: First Principles,” Journal of Aesthetics and Art CriticismJournal of Aesthetics and Art CriticismThe Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the study of aesthetics and art criticism. It is published on behalf of the American Society for Aesthetics....
34.4 (1976): 461-78. - “Time Running Out: The Edwardian Sense of Cultural Degeneration,” Clio 5.3 (1976): 283-301.
- “Minority Report: Tono-BungayTono-BungayTono-Bungay , by H. G. Wells, is a realist semi-autobiographical novel. It is narrated by George Ponderevo, a science student who is drafted in to help with the promotion of Tono-Bungay, a harmful stimulant disguised as a miraculous cure-all, the creation of his ambitious uncle Edward...
and the Shape of Wells’s Career,” Modern Language QuarterlyModern Language QuarterlyModern Language Quarterly, established in 1940, is a quarterly, literary history journal, produced at the University of Washington and published by Duke University Press. The current editor since 1993, is Marshall Brown ....
39.1 (1978): 50-62. - “Survival in and of The Painted Bird,” Georgia Review 35.1 (1981): 142-57.
- “The GrotesqueGrotesqueThe word grotesque comes from the same Latin root as "Grotto", meaning a small cave or hollow. The original meaning was restricted to an extravagant style of Ancient Roman decorative art rediscovered and then copied in Rome at the end of the 15th century...
and the Limits of Representation,” Annals of ScholarshipAnnals of ScholarshipAnnals of Scholarship is an academic journal edited by Marie-Rose Logan . The journal was established in 1980 and covers the study of the development of methodological and historical criteria in all disciplines with an emphasis on the interaction between Art Practices and the Human Sciences in a...
2.3 (1982): 33-48. - “E. L. DoctorowE. L. DoctorowEdgar Lawrence Doctorow is an American author.- Biography :Edgar Lawrence Doctorow was born in the Bronx, New York City, the son of second-generation Americans of Russian Jewish descent...
and the Technology of NarrativeNarrativeA narrative is a constructive format that describes a sequence of non-fictional or fictional events. The word derives from the Latin verb narrare, "to recount", and is related to the adjective gnarus, "knowing" or "skilled"...
,” PMLA 100.1 (1985): 81-95; reprinted in E.L. Doctorow: Modern Critical Views, ed. Harold BloomHarold BloomHarold Bloom is an American writer and literary critic, and is Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. He is known for his defense of 19th-century Romantic poets, his unique and controversial theories of poetic influence, and his prodigious literary output, particularly for a literary...
(Chelsea House, 2002), 27-50. - “The Language of Longing,” review-essay of Susan Stewart, On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection (Johns Hopkins University PressJohns Hopkins University PressThe Johns Hopkins University Press is the publishing division of the Johns Hopkins University. It was founded in 1878 and holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously running university press in the United States. The Press publishes books, journals, and electronic databases...
, 1984), RaritanRaritan Quarterly ReviewRaritan is a well-regarded literary journal that publishes poetry, fiction and essays. The journal is based at Rutgers University in New Jersey...
4.4 (1985): 107-14. - “The Fertile Word: Augustine and Hermeneutics,” Criticism 38.3 (1986): 237-54.
- “Short Stack: The Stories of Breece Pancake,” Studies in Short Fiction 23.3 (1986): 265-74.
- “Language, History, and Ethics,” review-essay of Bernard WilliamsBernard WilliamsSir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams was an English moral philosopher, described by The Times as the most brilliant and most important British moral philosopher of his time. His publications include Problems of the Self , Moral Luck , Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy , and Truth and Truthfulness...
, Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (Harvard University PressHarvard University PressHarvard University Press is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Its current director is William P...
, 1985), and J. Hillis MillerJ. Hillis MillerJoseph Hillis Miller, Jr. is an American literary critic who has been heavily influenced by—and who has heavily influenced—deconstruction.- Early life and education :...
, The Ethics of Reading (Columbia University PressColumbia University PressColumbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by James D. Jordan and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fields of literary and cultural studies, history, social work, sociology,...
, 1986), RaritanRaritan Quarterly ReviewRaritan is a well-regarded literary journal that publishes poetry, fiction and essays. The journal is based at Rutgers University in New Jersey...
7.1 (1987): 128-46. - “RhetoricRhetoricRhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the facility of speakers or writers who attempt to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. As a subject of formal study and a productive civic practice, rhetoric has played a central role in the Western...
and the Madness of PhilosophyPhilosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
in PlatoPlatoPlato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the...
and Pirsig,” Contemporary Literature 29.1(1988): 64-88. - “FoucaultMichel FoucaultMichel Foucault , born Paul-Michel Foucault , was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas...
and the ‘Ethics’ of Power,” in Ethics/Aesthetics: Postmodern Positions, ed. Robert Merrill (Maisonneuve Press, 1988), 71-82. - “Conversion and the Language of AutobiographyAutobiographyAn autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
,” in Studies in AutobiographyAutobiographyAn autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
, ed. James Olney (Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, 1988), 42-51. - “Valuemania,” review-essay of Barbara Herrnstein SmithBarbara Herrnstein SmithBarbara Herrnstein Smith is an American literary critic and theorist, best known for her work Contingencies of Value: Alternative Perspectives for Critical Theory...
, Contingencies of Value: Alternative Perspectives for Critical TheoryCritical theoryCritical theory is an examination and critique of society and culture, drawing from knowledge across the social sciences and humanities. The term has two different meanings with different origins and histories: one originating in sociology and the other in literary criticism...
(Harvard University PressHarvard University PressHarvard University Press is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Its current director is William P...
, 1988), RaritanRaritan Quarterly ReviewRaritan is a well-regarded literary journal that publishes poetry, fiction and essays. The journal is based at Rutgers University in New Jersey...
9.1 (1989): 134-50. - “FishStanley FishStanley Eugene Fish is an American literary theorist and legal scholar. He was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island...
on Blind Submission,” PMLA 104.2 (1989): 215-16. - “Ethics and the Double Standard of Criticism,” Southern Humanities ReviewSouthern humanities reviewThe Southern Humanities Review is a quarterly literary journal published by Auburn University . The current editors are Dan Latimer and Chantel Acevedo. It publishes fiction, poetry, critical essays, and book reviews on the arts, literature, philosophy, religion, and history...
23.4 (1989): 343-58. (Theodore Christian Hoepfner Award) - “Response to Barbara Herrnstein SmithBarbara Herrnstein SmithBarbara Herrnstein Smith is an American literary critic and theorist, best known for her work Contingencies of Value: Alternative Perspectives for Critical Theory...
,” RaritanRaritan Quarterly ReviewRaritan is a well-regarded literary journal that publishes poetry, fiction and essays. The journal is based at Rutgers University in New Jersey...
9.4 (1990): 146-50. - “Derrida and the Ethics of Criticism,” Textual Practice 5.3 (1991): 382-98.
- “Foucault and the New HistoricismHistoricismHistoricism is a mode of thinking that assigns a central and basic significance to a specific context, such as historical period, geographical place and local culture. As such it is in contrast to individualist theories of knowledges such as empiricism and rationalism, which neglect the role of...
,” review-essay of H. Aram Veeser, ed., The New HistoricismHistoricismHistoricism is a mode of thinking that assigns a central and basic significance to a specific context, such as historical period, geographical place and local culture. As such it is in contrast to individualist theories of knowledges such as empiricism and rationalism, which neglect the role of...
(Routledge PressRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 1989), and Jonathan Arac, ed., After Foucault (Rutgers University PressRutgers University PressRutgers University Press is a nonprofit academic publishing house, operating in Piscataway, New Jersey under the auspices of Rutgers University.-History:...
, 1988), American Literary HistoryAmerican Literary HistoryAmerican Literary History is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Oxford University Press that covers all periods of American literature. It was founded in 1989 and is edited by Gordon Hutner.-References:* at JSTOR...
3.2 (1991): 361-75. - “The Future and Literary TheoryLiterary theoryLiterary theory in a strict sense is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for analyzing literature. However, literary scholarship since the 19th century often includes—in addition to, or even instead of literary theory in the strict sense—considerations of...
,” review-essay of Jonathan CullerJonathan CullerJonathan Culler is a class of 1966 Harvard graduate and Professor of English at Cornell University. He is an important figure of the structuralism movement of literary theory and criticism.- Background and career:...
, Framing the Sign (Oklahoma University Press, 1988), Ellen Rooney, Seductive Reasoning (Cornell University PressCornell University PressThe Cornell University Press, established in 1869 but inactive from 1884 to 1930, was the first university publishing enterprise in the United States.A division of Cornell University, it is housed in Sage House, the former residence of Henry William Sage....
, 1989), and Ralph Cohen, ed., The Future of Literary Theory (Routledge PressRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 1989), Modern PhilologyModern PhilologyModern Philology is a literary journal that was established in 1903. It publishes scholarly articles on literature, literary scholarship, history, and criticism in all modern world languages and book reviews of recent books as well as review articles and research on archival documents. It is...
89.1 (1991): 8-24. - “Abroad Only by a Fiction: Creation, Irony, and Necessity in Conrad’sJoseph ConradJoseph Conrad was a Polish-born English novelist.Conrad is regarded as one of the great novelists in English, although he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties...
The Secret Agent,” RepresentationsRepresentationsRepresentations is an interdisciplinary journal in the humanities published quarterly by the University of California Press. The journals was established in 1983 and is the founding publication of the New Historicism movement of the 1980s. It covers topics including literary, historical, and...
37 (Winter 1992): 79-103. - “Old Water in New Bottles: The Contemporary Prospects for the Study of AsceticismAsceticismAsceticism describes a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of worldly pleasures often with the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals...
,” Semeia 58 (1992): 135-48. - “AestheticsAestheticsAesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...
and the Fundamentals of ModernityModernityModernity typically refers to a post-traditional, post-medieval historical period, one marked by the move from feudalism toward capitalism, industrialization, secularization, rationalization, the nation-state and its constituent institutions and forms of surveillance...
,” in AestheticsAestheticsAesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...
and Ideology, ed. George Levine (Rutgers University PressRutgers University PressRutgers University Press is a nonprofit academic publishing house, operating in Piscataway, New Jersey under the auspices of Rutgers University.-History:...
, 1994), 124-49. - “So . . . What Is EnlightenmentAge of EnlightenmentThe Age of Enlightenment was an elite cultural movement of intellectuals in 18th century Europe that sought to mobilize the power of reason in order to reform society and advance knowledge. It promoted intellectual interchange and opposed intolerance and abuses in church and state...
? An Inquisition into ModernityModernityModernity typically refers to a post-traditional, post-medieval historical period, one marked by the move from feudalism toward capitalism, industrialization, secularization, rationalization, the nation-state and its constituent institutions and forms of surveillance...
,” Critical InquiryCritical InquiryCritical Inquiry is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the humanities published by the University of Chicago Press. It is considered a leading journal within literary studies, and particularly in the field of critical theory....
20.3 (1994): 524-56. - “Asceticism and the Compensations of Art,” in Asceticism, ed. Vincent Wimbush and Richard Valantasis (Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, 1995), 357-68. - “Ethics,” in Critical Terms for Literary Study, 2nd ed., ed. Frank LentricchiaFrank LentricchiaFrank Lentricchia is an American literary critic, novelist, and film teacher. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. from Duke University in 1966 and 1963 respectively after receiving a B.A. from Utica College in 1962...
and Thomas McLaughlin (University of Chicago PressUniversity of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
, 1995), 387-405. - “Of Rats and Men; or, Reason in Our Time,” RaritanRaritan Quarterly ReviewRaritan is a well-regarded literary journal that publishes poetry, fiction and essays. The journal is based at Rutgers University in New Jersey...
14.4 (1995): 88-114. - “Late Jameson,” SalmagundiSalmagundi (magazine)Salmagundi is a quarterly periodical of the Humanities and Social Sciences which aims to address the general reader. It was founded in 1965, and Skidmore College has produced it since 1969. The name refers to Salmagundi, a salad dish originating in early 17th century England.-External links:* *...
111 (Summer 1996): 213-32. - “The Business of Mourning,” Southern ReviewSouthern ReviewThe Southern Review, a literary journal co-founded in 1935 by Robert Penn Warren and Cleanth Brooks and located on the campus of Louisiana State University, publishes fiction, poetry, critical essays, interviews, book reviews, and excerpts from novels in progress by established and emerging writers...
32.3 (1996): 537-55; reprinted in Naming the Father: Legacies, Genealogies, and Explorations of Fatherhood in Modern and Contemporary Literature, ed. Eva Paulino Beuno, Terry Caesar, and William Hummel (Lexington Books, 2000), 13-28. - “Freedom and Submission,” on Michel FoucaultMichel FoucaultMichel Foucault , born Paul-Michel Foucault , was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas...
, in Ethics: Subjectivity and Truth, vol. 1 of The Essential Works of Michel FoucaultMichel FoucaultMichel Foucault , born Paul-Michel Foucault , was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas...
, 1954-1984, ed. Paul RabinowPaul RabinowPaul Rabinow is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California , Director of the Anthropology of the Contemporary Research Collaboratory , and former Director of Human Practices for the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center...
(New Press, 1997), Boston Book Review 4.6 (1997): 6. - “The Order of Things,” on Michel FoucaultMichel FoucaultMichel Foucault , born Paul-Michel Foucault , was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas...
, in Aesthetics, Method, and Epistemology, vol. 2 of The Essential Works of Michel FoucaultMichel FoucaultMichel Foucault , born Paul-Michel Foucault , was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas...
, 1954-84, ed. James Faubion (New Press, 1997), Boston Book Review 5.3 (1998): 26-27. - “Once Again: Geoffrey HartmanGeoffrey HartmanGeoffrey H. Hartman is a German-born American literary theorist, sometimes identified with the Yale School of deconstruction, but also has written on a wide range of subjects, and cannot be categorized by a single school or method.-Biography:...
on Culture,” RaritanRaritan Quarterly ReviewRaritan is a well-regarded literary journal that publishes poetry, fiction and essays. The journal is based at Rutgers University in New Jersey...
18.2 (1998): 146-66. - “On ‘Consequences,’ ” in The Stanley FishStanley FishStanley Eugene Fish is an American literary theorist and legal scholar. He was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island...
Reader, ed. H. Aram Veeser (BlackwellBlackwell PublishingWiley-Blackwell is the international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons. It was formed by the merger of John Wiley's Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business with Blackwell Publishing, after Wiley took over Blackwell Publishing in...
, 1998), 86-87. - “ChomskyChomskyChomsky Khomsk ") is a Belarus'-origin surname, and may refer to:* Aviva Chomsky , American historian* Carol Chomsky , American linguist and wife of Noam Chomsky* Elsie Chomsky, American educator...
and the Rest of Us,” SalmagundiSalmagundi (magazine)Salmagundi is a quarterly periodical of the Humanities and Social Sciences which aims to address the general reader. It was founded in 1965, and Skidmore College has produced it since 1969. The name refers to Salmagundi, a salad dish originating in early 17th century England.-External links:* *...
121-122 (Winter-Spring 1999): 211-37. - “Imagining the Centre,” in Critical Ethics: Text, Theory and Responsibility, ed. Dominic Rainsford and Tim Woods (Macmillan, 1999), 37-52.
- “Ascetics, Aesthetics, and the Management of Desire,” in Religion and Cultural Studies, ed. Susan Mizruchi (Princeton University PressPrinceton University Press-Further reading:* "". Artforum International, 2005.-External links:* * * * *...
, 2001), 95-109. - “The End of Theory, the Rise of the Profession: A Rant,” in Professions: Conversations on the Future of Literary and Cultural Studies, ed. Donald Hall (University of Illinois PressUniversity of Illinois PressThe University of Illinois Press , is a major American university press and part of the University of Illinois system. Founded in 1918, the press publishes some 120 new books each year, plus 33 scholarly journals, and several electronic projects...
, 2001), 186-201. Reprinted in Theory’s Empire, ed. Will Corral and Daphne Patai (Columbia University PressColumbia University PressColumbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by James D. Jordan and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fields of literary and cultural studies, history, social work, sociology,...
, 2005). - “Elaine ScarryElaine ScarryElaine Scarry , a professor of English and American Literature and Language, is the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University...
and the Dream of Pain,” SalmagundiSalmagundi (magazine)Salmagundi is a quarterly periodical of the Humanities and Social Sciences which aims to address the general reader. It was founded in 1965, and Skidmore College has produced it since 1969. The name refers to Salmagundi, a salad dish originating in early 17th century England.-External links:* *...
130-131 (Spring-Summer 2001): 202-34. - “Ethics and Literary Criticism,” in The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, vol. 9, ed. Christa Knellwolf and Christopher Norris (Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
, 2001), 371-85. - “Conrad’s Global Homeland,” RaritanRaritan Quarterly ReviewRaritan is a well-regarded literary journal that publishes poetry, fiction and essays. The journal is based at Rutgers University in New Jersey...
21.1 (2001): 20-33. - “Symbolic Terror,” Critical InquiryCritical InquiryCritical Inquiry is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the humanities published by the University of Chicago Press. It is considered a leading journal within literary studies, and particularly in the field of critical theory....
28.2 (2002): 573-80. - “Symbolic Terror,” Literary Research / Recherches Littéraire 18.36 (2001): 262-68 (same as above).
- “The Hunger of Martha NussbaumMartha NussbaumMartha Nussbaum , is an American philosopher with a particular interest in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, political philosophy and ethics....
,” RepresentationsRepresentationsRepresentations is an interdisciplinary journal in the humanities published quarterly by the University of California Press. The journals was established in 1983 and is the founding publication of the New Historicism movement of the 1980s. It covers topics including literary, historical, and...
77 (Winter 2002): 52-81. - “Questions Still Hover over Declarations of War,” New Orleans Times-PicayuneNew Orleans Times-PicayuneThe Times-Picayune is a daily newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.-History:Established as The Picayune in 1837 by Francis Lumsden and George Wilkins Kendall, the paper's initial price was one picayune—a Spanish coin equivalent to 6¼¢ .Under Eliza Jane Nicholson, who inherited the...
, October 7, 2002, sec. B, p. 4. - “Doing the Impossible: Slavoj ZizekSlavoj ŽižekSlavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher, critical theorist working in the traditions of Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanian psychoanalysis. He has made contributions to political theory, film theory, and theoretical psychoanalysis....
and the End of Knowledge,” Critical InquiryCritical InquiryCritical Inquiry is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the humanities published by the University of Chicago Press. It is considered a leading journal within literary studies, and particularly in the field of critical theory....
29.3 (2003): 453-85. - “Response to Slavoj ZizekSlavoj ŽižekSlavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher, critical theorist working in the traditions of Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanian psychoanalysis. He has made contributions to political theory, film theory, and theoretical psychoanalysis....
,” Critical InquiryCritical InquiryCritical Inquiry is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the humanities published by the University of Chicago Press. It is considered a leading journal within literary studies, and particularly in the field of critical theory....
29.3 (2003): 504-7. - “Pripovjedni Imperative,” in Politika i etika pripovijedanja, ed. Vladimir Biti (ZagrebZagrebZagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
: Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada, 2003), 129-56. CroatianCroatian languageCroatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
translation of pp. 157-83 of Getting It Right. - “From Revolution to Canon: On The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism,” Kenyon Review 25.2 (2003): 169-77.
- “Inadmissible Evidence: Terror, Torture, and the World Today,” Chronicle of Higher Education, October 15, 2004, sec. B, pp. 12-13.
- “Beyond Mastery: The Future of Conrad’s Beginnings,” in Conrad in the Twenty-First Century: Contemporary Approaches and Perspectives, ed. Carola Kaplan, Peter Mallios, and Andrea White (Routledge PressRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 2005), 17-39. - “Beyond and Beneath the ‘Crisis in the HumanitiesHumanitiesThe humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
,’ ” in “Essays on the HumanitiesHumanitiesThe humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
,” special issue, New Literary HistoryNew Literary HistoryNew Literary History: A Journal of Theory & Interpretation is an academic journal founded at the University of Virginia where it is still edited, and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. New Literary History focuses on the history and theory of literature, and key questions of interpretation...
36.1 (2005): 21-36. This issue of the journal was constructed around this essay. - “Response,” New Literary HistoryNew Literary HistoryNew Literary History: A Journal of Theory & Interpretation is an academic journal founded at the University of Virginia where it is still edited, and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. New Literary History focuses on the history and theory of literature, and key questions of interpretation...
36.1 (2005): 105-10. - “Politics, Professionalism, and the Pleasure of Reading,” DaedalusDaedalus (journal)Dædalus is a peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 1955 as the Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. It is published by MIT Press on behalf of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Each issue addresses a theme with essays on the arts, sciences, and humanities. Special...
134.3 (2005): 68-75. - “Derrida, Said, and InfinityInfinityInfinity is a concept in many fields, most predominantly mathematics and physics, that refers to a quantity without bound or end. People have developed various ideas throughout history about the nature of infinity...
,” Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory 6.3 (2005), online at http://www.jcrt.org/archives/06.3/harpham.pdf. - “Things and Theory,” review-essay of Bill Brown, A Sense of Things: The Object Matter of American Literature (University of Chicago PressUniversity of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
, 2003), RaritanRaritan Quarterly ReviewRaritan is a well-regarded literary journal that publishes poetry, fiction and essays. The journal is based at Rutgers University in New Jersey...
(Fall 2005): 134-45. - “Language and Prehistory,” in Language and History: Integrationist Perspectives, ed. Nigel Love (Routledge PressRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 2006), 188-99. - “Between Humanity and the Homeland: The Evolution of an Institutional Concept,” American Literary HistoryAmerican Literary HistoryAmerican Literary History is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Oxford University Press that covers all periods of American literature. It was founded in 1989 and is edited by Gordon Hutner.-References:* at JSTOR...
18.2 (2006): 245-61, online at http://alh.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/rapidpdf/ajj013?ijkey=aJ3kV61TDxS3Biz&keytype=ref - “Returning to PhilologyPhilologyPhilology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
: The Past and Future of Literary Study,” in New Prospects in Literary Research, ed. Koen Hilberdink (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005), online at http://www.knaw.nl/publicaties/pdf/20051060.pdf. - “Science and the Theft of Humanity,” American ScientistAmerican ScientistAmerican Scientist is the bimonthly science and technology magazine published since 1913 by Sigma Xi. Each issue includes four to five feature articles written by scientists and engineers. These authors review research in all fields of science...
(July-August 2006): 296-98. - “Character, Criticism and TenureTenureTenure commonly refers to life tenure in a job and specifically to a senior academic's contractual right not to have his or her position terminated without just cause.-19th century:...
,” interview with Scott McLemee, Inside Higher EdInside Higher EdInside Higher Ed is a daily online publication focused on college and university topics, based in Washington, D.C., USA.The publication was founded in 2004 by Kathlene Collins, formerly a business manager for The Chronicle of Higher Education, and two former top editors of The Chronicle, Scott...
, December 27, 2006, online at http://www.insidehighered.com/views/mclemee/mclemee144. - “GenreGenreGenre , Greek: genos, γένος) is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture, e.g. music, and in general, any type of discourse, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time...
and the Institution of Research: Three American Instances,” PMLA 122.5 (2007): 1635-43. Translated into Polish, 2008. - “Cultural Critics and Modernist Avant-Garde: A Debate,” interview in The Humanities Today: International Exchange of Scholarly Ideas in the Humanities between Nepal and the United States, ed. Yubraj Aryal (Philosophical Society of Nepal, 2008), 93-97. Republished in The Humanities at Work: International Exchange of Ideas in Aesthetics, Philosophy, and Literature, ed. Yubraj Aryal (Kathmandu: Sunlight Publication, 2008), 100-106.
- “The HumanitiesHumanitiesThe humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
in America,” online through the University of CopenhagenUniversity of CopenhagenThe University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...
, http://hum21.ku.dk/humanities_in_a_new_millenium/ (March 2008). - “Trading Pain for Knowledge; Or, How the West Was Won,” Social ResearchSocial ResearchSocial Research is a quarterly academic journal of the social sciences, published by The New School for Social Research, the graduate social science division of The New School. The journal has been published continuously since 1934. It has featured over 2,000 authors, including Hannah Arendt, Leo...
75.2 (2008): 485-510. - “Disciplinary Fitness: On Evolutionary Literary Studies,” Style 42.2-3 (2008): 197-201.
- “The Human and the HumanitiesHumanitiesThe humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
,” Wake County Physician 14.4 (2008): 26, 35. - “The Depths of the Heights: Reading ConradJoseph ConradJoseph Conrad was a Polish-born English novelist.Conrad is regarded as one of the great novelists in English, although he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties...
with America’s Soldiers,” Profession (2008): 74-82; also in War, Literature, and the Arts 20.1-2 (2009): 35-44. - “The Humanities’ Value,” Chronicle ReviewThe Chronicle of Higher EducationThe Chronicle of Higher Education is a newspaper and website that presents news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty, staff members and administrators....
, March 20, 2009, B6-7. - “Architecture and Ethics: 16 Points,” in Inverting the Iceberg: Ethics, Efficacy, and Architecture in the Globalized Economy, ed. Graham Owen (Routledge PressRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 2009), 33-39. - “Roots, Races, and the Return to Philology,” RepresentationsRepresentationsRepresentations is an interdisciplinary journal in the humanities published quarterly by the University of California Press. The journals was established in 1983 and is the founding publication of the New Historicism movement of the 1980s. It covers topics including literary, historical, and...
106 (Spring 2009): 34-63. - “How Do We Know What We Are? The Science of Language and Human Self-Understanding,” DaedalusDaedalus (journal)Dædalus is a peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 1955 as the Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. It is published by MIT Press on behalf of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Each issue addresses a theme with essays on the arts, sciences, and humanities. Special...
138.3 (2009): 79-91. - “How Does Literature Teach Ethics?” Journal of PhilosophyJournal of PhilosophyThe Journal of Philosophy is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal on philosophy. Its stated purpose is "To publish philosophical articles of current interest and encourage the interchange of ideas, especially the exploration of the borderline between philosophy and other disciplines." The...
4.10 (2009): 1-14.