"Confronting Theory." THE PHILOSOPHER'S ZONE April 17, 2010.

Bell, Philip. Confronting Theory: the Psychology of Cultural Studies. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2010. These days, if you go to university to study humanities or media studies, you will encounter something called theory. It's a bit philosophical and a bit French and it maintains that there is no universal human nature and that science cannot be truly objective. This week, we meet Philip Bell, whose new book, Confronting Theory: the Psychology of Cultural Studies comes to grips with what somebody has called 'Theory only dogs can hear.' . . . Download the show here: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone/stories/2010/2871384.htm.