From Trocchi to Trainspotting – Scottish Critical Theory Since 1960

Michael Gardiner

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2006

From Trocchi to Trainspotting – Scottish Critical Theory Since 1960

Michael Gardiner

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748627110

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This book charts the course of Scottish Critical Theory since the 1960s. It provocatively argues that ‘French’ critical-theoretical ideas have developed in tandem with Scottish writing during this period. Its themes can be read as a breakdown in Scottish Enlightenment thinking after empire - precisely the process which permitted the rise of 'theory'.The book places within a wider theoretical context writers such as Muriel Spark, Edwin Morgan, Ian Hamilton Finlay, James Kelman, Alexander Trocchi, Janice Galloway, Alan Warner and Irvine Welsh, as well as more recent work by Alan Riach and Pat Kane, who can be seen to take the 'post-Enlightenment' narrative forward. In doing so, it draws on the work of the Scottish thinkers John Macmurray and R.D. Laing as well as the continental philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Paul Virilio.Key Features

Engaging polemic which connects Scottish literature with critical theory and continental thinking with Scottish philosophy.

Provides a needed corrective to the 'theory-fear' which has often stopped Scotland looking at its own Enlightenment.

Offers the first book-length commentary on contemporary Scottish writers, as well as re-positioning more familiar writers such as Muriel Spark and James Kelman."

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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 The Idea of Resistance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
2 The Paradox of Scottish Culture: The Twentieth-Century Experience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 208
Keywords: Literary Studies

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Published: July 4, 2006
ISBN: 9780748627110