Commitment and Complicity in Cultural Theory and Practice
An international line-up of scholars examines the role of the intellectual in the twenty-first century, looking at the gap between contemporary cultural theory and cultural practice, and asking whether knowledge and methodologies in the hum
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Begüm Özden Firat, Sarah De Mul and Sonja van Wichelen
Commitment and Complicity in Cultural Theory and Practice
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Commitment and Complicity in Cultural Theory and Practice Edited By
Begüm Özden Fırat Assistant Professor, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey
Sarah De Mul Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Leuven, Belgium and
Sonja van Wichelen Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Cultural Sociology, Yale University, USA
Introduction, selection and editorial matter © Begüm Özden Fırat, Sarah De Mul and Sonja van Wichelen 2009 Chapter 4 © Columbia University Press 2007. Reprinted with permission of the publisher Individual chapters © contributors 2009 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2009 978-0-230-22195-6 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin's Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-30743-2 ISBN 978-0-230-23696-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230236967
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Contents Acknowledgments
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Notes on Contributors 1
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Introduction: Commitment and Complicity Begüm Özden Fırat, Sarah De Mul, and Sonja van Wichelen
1
Part I Rethinking Commitment 2
Commitment as a Nonperformative Sara Ahmed
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Commitment or Commitment-Kitsch? Rethinking the ‘Woman Question’, Agency, and Feminist Politics Sonja van Wichelen
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‘Human’ in the Age of Disposable People: The Ambiguous Import of Kinship and Education i
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