Preface; ONE: Untimeliness and Punctuality: Critical Theory in Dark Times; TWO: Political Idealization and Its Discontents; THREE: Neoliberalism and the End of Liberal Democracy; FOUR: At the Edge: The Future of Political Theory; FIVE: Freedom's Silences; SIX: Feminism Unbound: Revolution, Mourning, Politics; SEVEN: The Impossibility of Women's Studies; Notes; Index
Summary
Edgework brings together seven of Wendy Brown's most provocative recent essays in political and cultural theory. They range from explorations of politics post-9/11 to critical reflections on the academic norms governing feminist studies and political theory. Edgework is also concerned with the intellectual and political value of critique itself
