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Catherine Belsey responds to the other essays in this issue of "Textual Practice", an issue whose theme is "Literature and Culture: The Work of Catherine Belsey". Those who lived through the critical revolution of the 1970s and 1980s know that in practice knowledge advances by di...

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Published inTextual practice Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 1091 - 1093
Main Author Belsey, Catherine
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.12.2010
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Summary:Catherine Belsey responds to the other essays in this issue of "Textual Practice", an issue whose theme is "Literature and Culture: The Work of Catherine Belsey". Those who lived through the critical revolution of the 1970s and 1980s know that in practice knowledge advances by dissent. It is administrators who seek consensus. What is it that prompts further investigation if not the conviction that existing accounts are not quite right? The advancement of knowledge is a collective project, promoted by disagreement.
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ISSN:0950-236X
1470-1308
DOI:10.1080/0950236X.2010.521675