From Agamben to Zizek : contemporary critical theorists / edited by Jon Simons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simons, Jon, Author.

Contributor:

Simons, Jon, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical theory.

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 275 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2010.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: From Agamben to Žižek.

ISBN:

9780748643264

0748643265

OCLC:

682621296