From Agamben to Zizek: Contemporary Critical TheoristsJon Simons Edinburgh University Press, 2010 M09 10 - 288 pages In these 15 taster essays you will discover the key concepts and critical approaches of the theorists who have had the most significant impact on the humanities since 1990. On completing each chapter, you will find suggestions for further reading so that you can find out more and start applying the ideas in question. In addition to chapters on individuals such as Badiou, Ranciere and Spivak, there are chapters on Laclau and Mouffe, and a chapter on Green critical theorists. |
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... . Ian Hunter, 'The History of Theory', Critical Inquiry, 33, 2006, pp. 78–112 (80). 11. Eagleton, After Theory, p. 1. 12. Ibid. p. 223. 13. Martin McQuillan, Graeme Macdonald, Robin Purves and Stephen Thomson, 12 Jon Simons.
... . Ian Hunter, 'The History of Theory', Critical Inquiry, 33, 2006, pp. 78–112 (80). 11. Eagleton, After Theory, p. 1. 12. Ibid. p. 223. 13. Martin McQuillan, Graeme Macdonald, Robin Purves and Stephen Thomson, 12 Jon Simons.
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... Ibid. p. 34. 11. Ibid. p. 96. 12. Agamben, The Open, p. 10. 13. Ibid. p. 22. 14. Ibid. p. 37. 15. Ibid. p. 58. 16. Ibid. p. 59. 17. Michel Foucault, History of Sexuality, vol. 1, trans. Robert Hurley (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979). 18 ...
... Ibid. p. 34. 11. Ibid. p. 96. 12. Agamben, The Open, p. 10. 13. Ibid. p. 22. 14. Ibid. p. 37. 15. Ibid. p. 58. 16. Ibid. p. 59. 17. Michel Foucault, History of Sexuality, vol. 1, trans. Robert Hurley (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979). 18 ...
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... Ibid. pp. 645–59 (646). 4. Badiou, The Century, p. 32. 5. Badiou, Ethics, p. 25. 6. Badiou, Being and Event, p. 148. 7. Ibid. pp. 31–7. 8. In '“We Need a Popular Discipline”', Badiou sees a politics based in negating the state and ...
... Ibid. pp. 645–59 (646). 4. Badiou, The Century, p. 32. 5. Badiou, Ethics, p. 25. 6. Badiou, Being and Event, p. 148. 7. Ibid. pp. 31–7. 8. In '“We Need a Popular Discipline”', Badiou sees a politics based in negating the state and ...
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... Ibid. p. 49. Major Works by Badiou Being and Event, trans. Oliver Feltham (London: Continuum, 2005 [1988]). The Century, trans. Alberto Toscano (Cambridge: Polity, 2007 [2005]). Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil, trans ...
... Ibid. p. 49. Major Works by Badiou Being and Event, trans. Oliver Feltham (London: Continuum, 2005 [1988]). The Century, trans. Alberto Toscano (Cambridge: Polity, 2007 [2005]). Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil, trans ...
Contents
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4 Homi K Bhabha 1949 | 60 |
5 Judith Butler 1956 | 77 |
6 Cornelius Castoriadis 192297 | 93 |
7 Green Critical Theorists | 110 |
10 Bruno Latour 1947 | 161 |
11 Antonio Negri 1933 | 177 |
12 Jacques Rancière 1940 | 194 |
13 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 1942 | 210 |
14 Paul Virilio 1932 | 227 |
15 Slavoj Žižek 1949 | 243 |
Names index | 259 |
Subject index | 263 |
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