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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459059803321

Titolo

From Agamben to Ẑiẑek [[electronic resource] ] : contemporary critical theorists / / edited by Jon Simons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-89982-1

9786612899829

0-7486-4326-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SimonsJon <1961->

Disciplina

301.0922

801

Soggetti

Critical theory

Sociology - Philosophy

Social sciences - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Giorgio Agamben (1942-); 2 Alain Badiou (1937-); 3 Zygmunt Bauman (1925-); 4 Homi K. Bhabha (1949-); 5 Judith Butler (1956-); 6 Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-97); 7 Green Critical Theorists; 8 Donna J. Haraway (1944-); 9 Ernesto Laclau (1935-) and Chantal Mouffe (1943-); 10 Bruno Latour (1947-); 11 Antonio Negri (1933-); 12 Jacques Rancière (1940-); 13 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942-); 14 Paul Virilio (1932-); 15 Slavoj Žižek (1949-); Names index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

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.