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Critical Inquiry has been publishing the best critical thought in the arts and humanities for almost forty years. CI presents articles by eminent and emerging critics, scholars, and artists on a wide variety of issues central to contemporary criticism and culture, including neo-Darwinism, the Occupy movement, affect theory, and photographic automatism. The journal"s broad focus creates juxtapositions and conceptual connections that offer new grounds for theoretical debate.
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2010s
  1. 2018 (Vol. 45)
    1. No. 1 Autumn 2018 pp. 1-253
  2. 2018 (Vol. 44)
    1. No. 4 Summer 2018 pp. 619-813
    2. No. 3 Spring 2018 pp. 415-617
    3. No. 2 Winter 2018 pp. 213-412
  3. 2017 (Vol. 44)
    1. No. 1 Autumn 2017 pp. 1-211
  4. 2017 (Vol. 43)
    1. No. 4 Summer 2017 pp. 765-918
    2. No. 3 Spring 2017 pp. 597-763
    3. No. 2 Winter 2017 pp. 233-596
  5. 2016 (Vol. 43)
    1. No. 1 Autumn 2016 pp. 1-232
  6. 2016 (Vol. 42)
    1. No. 4 Summer 2016 pp. 731-1007
    2. No. 3 Spring 2016 pp. 429-729
    3. No. 2 Winter 2016 pp. 235-428
  7. 2015 (Vol. 42)
    1. No. 1 Autumn 2015 pp. 1-233
  8. 2015 (Vol. 41)
    1. No. 4 Summer 2015 pp. 721-913
    2. No. 3 Spring 2015 pp. 521-719
    3. No. 2 Winter 2015 pp. 219-519
  9. 2014 (Vol. 41)
    1. No. 1 Autumn 2014 pp. 1-218
  10. 2014 (Vol. 40)
    1. No. 4 Around 1948: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Transformation, edited by Leela Gandhi and Deborah L. Nelson Summer 2014 pp. 285-510
    2. No. 3 Comics & Media, edited by Hillary Chute and Patrick Jagoda Spring 2014 pp. 1-284
    3. No. 2 Winter 2014 pp. 267-511
  11. 2013 (Vol. 40)
    1. No. 1 Autumn 2013 pp. 1-266
  12. 2013 (Vol. 39)
    1. No. 4 Summer 2013 pp. 647-890
    2. No. 3 Spring 2013 pp. 425-646
    3. No. 2 Winter 2013 pp. 217-424
  13. 2012 (Vol. 39)
    1. No. 1 Autumn 2012 pp. 1-217
  14. 2012 (Vol. 38)
    1. No. 4 Agency and Automatism: Photography as Art Since the Sixties, edited by Diarmud Costello, Margaret Iversen, and Joel Snyder Summer 2012 pp. 679-908
    2. No. 3 Spring 2012 pp. 467-678
    3. No. 2 Winter 2012 pp. 241-466
  15. 2011 (Vol. 38)
    1. No. 1 Autumn 2011 pp. 1-241
  16. 2011 (Vol. 37)
    1. No. 4 Summer 2011 pp. 583-829
    2. No. 3 Spring 2011 pp. 371-582
    3. No. 2 Winter 2011 pp. 169-370
  17. 2010 (Vol. 37)
    1. No. 1 Autumn 2010 pp. 1-169
  18. 2010 (Vol. 36)
    1. No. 4 Summer 2010 pp. 627-816
    2. No. 3 Spring 2010 pp. 371-627
    3. No. 2 Winter 2010 pp. 183-363
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