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An accessible introduction to cultural theory and an original polemic about the purpose of criticism. What is criticism for? Over the past few decades, impassioned disagreements over that question in the academy have burst into the news media. These conflicts have renewed the culture wars over the legacy of the 1960s, becoming entangled in national politics and leading to a new set of questions about critics and the power they do or don't wield. Re-examining theorists from Matthew Arnold to Walter Benjamin, to Fredric Jameson, Stuart Hall, and Hortense Spillers, Criticism and Politics explores the animating contradictions that have long propelled literary studies: between pronouncing judgment and engaging in philosophical critique, between democracy and expertise, between political commitment and aesthetic autonomy. Both a leftist critic and a critic of the left, Robbins unflinchingly defends criticism from those who might wish to de-politicize it, arguing that working for change is not optional for critics, but rather a core part of their job description.

Criticism (Philosophy) --- Culture --- Philosophy. --- Culture wars. --- Michel Foucault. --- Sixties. --- deep time. --- identity politics. --- organic intellectuals. --- progress. --- the canon. --- world literature.

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Deep biosphere research is at the scientific frontier of bio- and geo-related sciences, yet it is largely underexplored. In terms of volume, deep subsurface settings represent some of the largest microbial habitats on the planet, and the combined biomass of the deep biosphere encompasses the largest living reservoir of carbon, excluding land plants. However, the paleo-record of the deep biosphere is still largely uncharted and neglected. The aim of this book is to highlight current research on deep life through time and bring together researchers with various perspectives. The book presents a collection of scientific contributions that provide a sample of forefront research in this field. The contributions involve a range of case studies of deep ancient life in continental and oceanic settings, of microbial diversity in sub-seafloor environments, and of the isolation of calcifying bacteria, as well as reviews on clay mineralization of fungal biofilms and on the carbon isotope records of the deep biosphere. Deciphering the fossil record of the deep biosphere is a challenging task but, when successful, will unlock doors to life’s cryptic past.

Research & information: general --- Impact structure --- fungal hyphae --- in situ radiometric dating --- secondary minerals --- stable isotopes --- subsurface --- sediment --- bacteria --- archaea --- deep biosphere --- clay authigenesis --- fossil fungi --- igneous crust --- cryptoendoliths --- subseafloor habitats --- fossilized microorganisms --- Ophiolite --- bacterial calcium-carbonate precipitation (BCP) --- calcifying bacteria selection --- calcifying mixed cultures --- ImageJ software --- Biolog EcoPlates --- sand biocementation --- carbon isotopes --- diagenetic carbonates --- methanogenesis --- anaerobic methane oxidation --- Wood–Ljungdahl pathway --- in situ U-Pb geochronology --- Caledonides --- deep drilling (COSC-1) --- geobiology --- deep time --- geochronology --- microorganisms --- evolution --- Impact structure --- fungal hyphae --- in situ radiometric dating --- secondary minerals --- stable isotopes --- subsurface --- sediment --- bacteria --- archaea --- deep biosphere --- clay authigenesis --- fossil fungi --- igneous crust --- cryptoendoliths --- subseafloor habitats --- fossilized microorganisms --- Ophiolite --- bacterial calcium-carbonate precipitation (BCP) --- calcifying bacteria selection --- calcifying mixed cultures --- ImageJ software --- Biolog EcoPlates --- sand biocementation --- carbon isotopes --- diagenetic carbonates --- methanogenesis --- anaerobic methane oxidation --- Wood–Ljungdahl pathway --- in situ U-Pb geochronology --- Caledonides --- deep drilling (COSC-1) --- geobiology --- deep time --- geochronology --- microorganisms --- evolution

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Deep biosphere research is at the scientific frontier of bio- and geo-related sciences, yet it is largely underexplored. In terms of volume, deep subsurface settings represent some of the largest microbial habitats on the planet, and the combined biomass of the deep biosphere encompasses the largest living reservoir of carbon, excluding land plants. However, the paleo-record of the deep biosphere is still largely uncharted and neglected. The aim of this book is to highlight current research on deep life through time and bring together researchers with various perspectives. The book presents a collection of scientific contributions that provide a sample of forefront research in this field. The contributions involve a range of case studies of deep ancient life in continental and oceanic settings, of microbial diversity in sub-seafloor environments, and of the isolation of calcifying bacteria, as well as reviews on clay mineralization of fungal biofilms and on the carbon isotope records of the deep biosphere. Deciphering the fossil record of the deep biosphere is a challenging task but, when successful, will unlock doors to life’s cryptic past.

Impact structure --- fungal hyphae --- in situ radiometric dating --- secondary minerals --- stable isotopes --- subsurface --- sediment --- bacteria --- archaea --- deep biosphere --- clay authigenesis --- fossil fungi --- igneous crust --- cryptoendoliths --- subseafloor habitats --- fossilized microorganisms --- Ophiolite --- bacterial calcium-carbonate precipitation (BCP) --- calcifying bacteria selection --- calcifying mixed cultures --- ImageJ software --- Biolog EcoPlates --- sand biocementation --- carbon isotopes --- diagenetic carbonates --- methanogenesis --- anaerobic methane oxidation --- Wood–Ljungdahl pathway --- in situ U-Pb geochronology --- Caledonides --- deep drilling (COSC-1) --- geobiology --- deep time --- geochronology --- microorganisms --- evolution