Symmetrical Modernities?

Main Article Content

Chris Fleming
John O'Carroll

Abstract

A review of Jane Bennett's The Enchantment of Modern Life: Attachments, Crossings and Ethics (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2001).

Article Details

Section
Reviews
Author Biographies

Chris Fleming, University of Western Sydney

CHRIS FLEMING teaches philosophy and cultural theory at the University of Western Sydney and is currently a visiting fellow at the University of California. His most recent book is René Girard: Violence and Mimesis (Polity, 2004) and his work has appeared in Body & Society, Griffith Law Review and Modern Drama.

John O'Carroll, Charles Sturt University

JOHN O’CARROLL teaches literature and com- munication at Charles Sturt University. His research interests are in the areas of multi- culturalism, modernity, and the theorisation of secular society. He has written a number of essays with Chris Fleming on the subjects of anti-Americanism and Romanticism, especially for the journal anthropoetics.