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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... (Routledge, 2006) and Postcolonial Theory and Autobiography (Routledge, 2008). David Kidner worked as a process design engineer in the petroleum industry before turning to social science with a PhD in psychology from London University ...
... (Routledge, 2006) and Postcolonial Theory and Autobiography (Routledge, 2008). David Kidner worked as a process design engineer in the petroleum industry before turning to social science with a PhD in psychology from London University ...
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... (Routledge, 2003); as well as articles in Textual Practice, Public Culture, New Formations, The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory and Interventions: An International Journal of Postcolonial Studies. Benjamin Robinson received ...
... (Routledge, 2003); as well as articles in Textual Practice, Public Culture, New Formations, The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory and Interventions: An International Journal of Postcolonial Studies. Benjamin Robinson received ...
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... (Routledge, 1995) as well as many journal articles and book chapters on political and cultural theory. He is the editor of and contributor to From Kant to Lévi- Strauss: The Background to Contemporary Critical Theory and Contemporary ...
... (Routledge, 1995) as well as many journal articles and book chapters on political and cultural theory. He is the editor of and contributor to From Kant to Lévi- Strauss: The Background to Contemporary Critical Theory and Contemporary ...
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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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