From Agamben to Zizek: Contemporary Critical Theorists

Jon Simons

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2010

From Agamben to Zizek

Contemporary Critical Theorists

Jon Simons

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748643264

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Contents

About this book

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, 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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Notes on Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Introduction Jon Simons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Giorgio Agamben (1942–) Paul Hegarty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
2 Alain Badiou (1937–) Benjamin Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3 Zygmunt Bauman (1925–) Peter Beilharz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
4 Homi K. Bhabha (1949–) David Huddart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
5 Judith Butler (1956–) Moya Lloyd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
6 Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–97) Caroline Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
7 Green Critical Theorists David Kidner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
8 Donna J. Haraway (1944–) Joan Faber McAlister Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
9 Ernesto Laclau (1935–) and Chantal Mouffe (1943–) Simon Tormey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
10 Bruno Latour (1947–) Ilana Gershon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
11 Antonio Negri (1933–) Arianna Bove Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
12 Jacques Rancière (1940–) Samuel A. Chambers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
13 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942–) Stephen Morton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
14 Paul Virilio (1932–) John Armitage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
15 Slavoj Žižek (1949–) Matthew Sharpe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Names index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: September 10, 2010
ISBN: 9780748643264