[ecrea] New book - Confronting Theory

>The psychology of cultural studies explored in new book by Philip Bell
>
>About the book:
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>Confronting Theory presents a methodological 
>(philosophical) and educational evaluation and 
>critique of what has come to be known as Theory 
>(with a capital-T) in cross-disciplinary 
>humanities education. Rather than merely 
>dismissing Theory writing as risibly pretentious 
>and abstract, Confronting Theory examines its 
>principal concepts from the perspective of 
>academic psychology and shows that, although 
>Theory that only dogs can hear may sound like 
>revolutionary psychological analysis it is 
>frequently incoherent and/or has few, if any, 
>empirical implications that students can evaluate.
>
>Title Info
>Full Title:
>Confronting Theory:
>The Psychology of Cultural Studies
>Author: Philip Bell
>ISBN: 9781841503172
>Paperback: 230x170mm
>Price: £17.95 / $35
>URL: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=4701/
>
>Publisher Contact Info
>Intellect is an academic publishing company 
>based in Bristol whose focus lies in areas of 
>creative media and popular culture.
>Please contact Melanie Marshall for further 
>info, or to request a review copy of the title.
>E: (melanie /at/ intellectbooks.com)
>W: www.intellectbooks.co.uk
>
>
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