From Agamben to Žižek: contemporary critical theoristsIn 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, Rancière and Spivak, there are chapters on Laclau and Mouffe, and a chapter on Green critical theorists. Key Features: Written by experienced lecturers including John Armitage (Northumbria University), Paul Hegarty (University College Cork), David Huddart (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Simon Tormey (The University of Sydney), Samuel A. Chambers (Johns Hopkins University). Sets each theorist in their biographical and intellectual context. The only book to offer chapter-length introductions to such a range of contemporary theorists making it the first place to look for an informed overview and evaluation. Jon Simons has edited two other popular guides to critical theory: From Kant to Lévi-Strauss: The Background to Contemporary Critical Theory and Contemporary Critical Theorists: From Lacan to Said . |
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With these examples of the broad but still mysterious persistence of events in a
modernity that imagines itself disenchanted, we come ... The French Revolution,
arguably the inaugural event of modernity, is Badiou's most privileged example.9
...
With these examples of the broad but still mysterious persistence of events in a
modernity that imagines itself disenchanted, we come ... The French Revolution,
arguably the inaugural event of modernity, is Badiou's most privileged example.9
...
Page 121
One of the main bones of contention among ecofeminists, for example, is the
question of whether women have a greater degree of embodied connection to
the earth than men — a claim that has been justified on the basis of women's
capacity ...
One of the main bones of contention among ecofeminists, for example, is the
question of whether women have a greater degree of embodied connection to
the earth than men — a claim that has been justified on the basis of women's
capacity ...
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This example highlights that the 'object a' can only be seen by a subject who
looks at it awry, or from a particular angle. The objet petit a, in this manner, is the
exact opposite of the object of the modern sciences, that can only be seen clearly
...
This example highlights that the 'object a' can only be seen by a subject who
looks at it awry, or from a particular angle. The objet petit a, in this manner, is the
exact opposite of the object of the modern sciences, that can only be seen clearly
...
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Contents
Giorgio Agamben 1942 | 14 |
Alain Badiou 1937 | 29 |
Zygmunt Bauman 1925 | 45 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | From Agamben to Žižek: contemporary critical theorists |
| Author | Jon Simons |
| Editor | Jon Simons |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press, 2010 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Sep 2011 |
| ISBN | 074863973X, 9780748639731 |
| Length | 275 pages |
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