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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... Zygmunt Bauman (1925–) Peter Beilharz 45 60 4 Homi K. Bhabha (1949–) David Huddart 77 5 Judith Butler (1956–) Moya Lloyd 6 Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–97) Caroline Williams 93 110 7 Green Critical Theorists David Kidner 127 8 Donna J ...
... Zygmunt Bauman (1925–) Peter Beilharz 45 60 4 Homi K. Bhabha (1949–) David Huddart 77 5 Judith Butler (1956–) Moya Lloyd 6 Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–97) Caroline Williams 93 110 7 Green Critical Theorists David Kidner 127 8 Donna J ...
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... Bauman, including Zygmunt Bauman – Masters of Social Thought, 4 vols (Sage, 2002), The Bauman Reader (Blackwell, 2001) and Zygmunt Bauman – Dialectic of Modernity (Sage, 2000), and is collecting his essays on Bauman for a separate ...
... Bauman, including Zygmunt Bauman – Masters of Social Thought, 4 vols (Sage, 2002), The Bauman Reader (Blackwell, 2001) and Zygmunt Bauman – Dialectic of Modernity (Sage, 2000), and is collecting his essays on Bauman for a separate ...
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... and the Future of Philosophy (London: Continuum, 2004). Responses to Badiou's work by leading contemporary thinkers from Slavoj Žižek to Ernesto Laclau. 3 Zygmunt Bauman (1925–) Peter Beilharz Zygmunt Bauman has an 44 Benjamin Robinson.
... and the Future of Philosophy (London: Continuum, 2004). Responses to Badiou's work by leading contemporary thinkers from Slavoj Žižek to Ernesto Laclau. 3 Zygmunt Bauman (1925–) Peter Beilharz Zygmunt Bauman has an 44 Benjamin Robinson.
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Contemporary Critical Theorists Jon Simons. 3. Zygmunt. Bauman. (1925–). Peter. Beilharz. Zygmunt Bauman has an intriguing presence in English- speaking social theory. His influence is ubiquitous, but at the same time it is marginal. Little ...
Contemporary Critical Theorists Jon Simons. 3. Zygmunt. Bauman. (1925–). Peter. Beilharz. Zygmunt Bauman has an intriguing presence in English- speaking social theory. His influence is ubiquitous, but at the same time it is marginal. Little ...
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... Bauman's critics thought that he was fished out, given merely to repetition. Bauman's strategy was to repeat his ... Zygmunt Bauman. One is popular, curious, tertiary educated but occasional in its encounter with universities. The other ...
... Bauman's critics thought that he was fished out, given merely to repetition. Bauman's strategy was to repeat his ... Zygmunt Bauman. One is popular, curious, tertiary educated but occasional in its encounter with universities. The other ...
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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