Series Preface, James Elkins Section 1. Introdcutory Essay The Recovery of Criticism, Michael Schreyach Section 2. Starting Points, 1. The Specificity of Criticism and Its Need for Philosophy, Michael Newman 2. Critical Reflections, Boris Groys 3. On the Absence of Judgment in Art Criticism, James Elkins 4. What is a Theorist?, Irit Rogoff 5. Is This Anything? Or, Criticism in the University, Stephen Melville Section 3: The Art Seminars First seminar participants: Guy Brett, Whitney Davis, James Elkins, Jean Fisher, Boris Groys, Timothy Emlyn Jones, Irit Rogoff, Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Gemma Tipton. Second seminar participants: Dave Hickey, Lynne Cooke, James Panero, Ariella Budick, James Elkins, Gaylen Gerber, Stephen Melville, Michael Newman. Section 4: Assessments Andras Szanto, Katy Deepwell, Daniel A. Siedell, Sheila Farr, Pier Dominguez, Lane Relyea, Peter Plagens, Blake Gopnik, Saul Ostrow, Darby English, Olu Oguibe, Matthew Bowman, Margaret Hawkins, Elaine O'Brien, Victoria Musvik, Mark Bauerlein, Robert Enright, Felipe Chaimovich, Sue Spaid, Kim Levin, Roisin Kennedy, Matthew Jesse Jackson, Alexander Alberro, Julian Stallabrass, Jeffrey Skoller, Jan Verwoert, Joseph Masheck. Section 5: Afterwords The States of Art Criticism, James Elkins and Michael Newman. [ ], Maja Naef. Notes on Contributors
