Outsider Theory: Intellectual Histories of Unorthodox Ideas de Eburne, Jonathan

Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2018 bright handsome yellow covers; superclean in out; tight; nice trim; clean and spiffy; pre owned; I ship now anywhere you like!

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Minneapolis: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2018. First edition. paperback. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo. pp.435

Paperback / softback. New. A vital and timely reminder that modern life owes as much to outlandish thinking as to dominant ideologies What do the Nag Hammadi library, Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, speculative feminist historiography, Marcus Garvey's finances, and maps drawn by asylum patients have in common? Jonathan P. Eburne explores this question as never before in Outsider Theory, a timely book about outlandish ideas. Eburne brings readers on an adventure in intellectual history that stresses the urgency of taking seriously-especially in an era of fake news-ideas that might otherwise be discarded or regarded as errant, unfashionable, or even unreasonable. Examining the role of such thinking in contemporary intellectual history, Eburne challenges the categorical demarcation of good ideas from flawed, wild, or bad ones, addressing the surprising extent to which speculative inquiry extends beyond the work of professional intellectuals to include that of nonprofessionals as well,… Leer más

Univ of Minnesota Pr, 2018. Paperback. New. 424 pages. 9.25x6.12x2.00 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.