From Agamben to Žižek : contemporary critical theorists
Jon Simons (Editor)
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, Ranci÷re 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 LÃ♭vi-Strauss: The Background to Contemporary Critical Theory and Contemporary Critical Theorists: From Lacan to Said
1 online resource (xii, 275 pages)
9780748643264, 0748643265
682621296
Giorgio Agamben (1942- ) / Paul Hegarty
Alain Badiou (1937- ) / Benjamin Robinson
Zygmunt Bauman (1925- ) / Peter Beilharz
Homi K. Bhabha (1949- ) / David Huddart
Judith Butler (1956- ) / Moya Lloyd
Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-97) / Caroline Williams
Green critical theorists / David Kidner
Donna J. Haraway (1944- ) / Joan Faber McAlister
Ernesto Laclau (1935- ) and Chantal Mouffe (1943- ) / Simon Tormey
Bruno Latour (1947- ) / Ilana Gershon
Antonio Negri (1933- ) / Arianna Bove
Jacques Rancière (1940- ) / Samuel A. Chambers
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942- ) / Stephen Morton
Paul Virilio (1932- ) / John Armitage
Slavoj Žižek (1949- ) / Matthew Sharpe
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011