Critical EnvironmentsArgues for a pragmatist orientation for postmodern theory. Taking up the problem that has stalled contemporary theoryits treatment of the object of knowledge, the outside, as nothing but what a particular discourse makes of itthis book suggests a solution: a reinvigorated, posthumanist form of pragmatism. Author Cary Wolfe investigates three of the most significant strains of postmodern theory (pragmatism, systems theory, and poststructuralism) and