While affirming the profound importance of political analysis, Hogan is critical of prevalent doctrines. Specifically, Hogan examines and criticizes several influential post-structuralist positions, advocating logical analysis and empirical enquiry, guided by Kantian ethics, in their stead.

This interpretive study analyzes the complex politics of literature, criticism, and professionalism.

'Hogan makes an excellent case that the world is a very real place which we can touch and shape with both our hands and our pens. At all times ... he possesses sincerity and persuasion.' Times educational Supplement