Theory survives new cultural phenomena when treated as an open horizon

Evidence

But if we understand theorizing as an open horizon, moving within the magnetic field of some basic concepts, but constantly being applied afresh to what is genuinely original and novel in new forms of cultural practice, and recognizing the capacity of subjects to reposition themselves differently, then you needn’t be so defeated. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 728

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Hall’s distinctive open-horizon model of theorizing against closed paradigms.
• XREF: Directly serves the reader’s stated purpose of using Hall as a lifelong learner—a method for keeping theory alive. — connects to: Surrealist theory stays actual while its practice grew historically obsolete — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 207; Universal access to cultural works at zero marginal cost defines the new horizon — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 28; Comecon collapse threatened to replace Three Worlds Theory with eclectic difference-play — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 361 (+1 more)
• SEED: Angle: ‘the open horizon’ as a usable intellectual practice for lifelong learners—applying concepts afresh rather than abandoning them.