05723oam 2201261I 450 991078520800332120240102235743.09780748643264(electronic bk.)0748643265(electronic bk.)128289982197812828998279780748639731(cloth)074863973X(cloth)9780748639748(paper)0748639748(paper)10.1515/9780748643264(OCoLC)682621296(OCoLC)741350806(OCoLC)763823986(OCoLC)765612912(OCoLC)816618778(OCoLC)961619347(OCoLC)962622837(OCoLC)966263820(OCoLC)1171075362(OCoLC)ocn682621296(MiAaPQ)EBC615822(DE-B1597)615473(OCoLC)1302162225(DE-B1597)9780748643264(CKB)2670000000055475(EXLCZ)99267000000005547520101122h20102010 uy 0engurcnu---unuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFrom Agamben to Žižek contemporary critical theorists /edited by Jon SimonsEdinburgh :Edinburgh University Press,[2010]©20101 online resource (xii, 275 pages)Print version: From Agamben to Žižek. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010 9780748639731 (OCoLC)639461707 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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.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.Critical theorySociologyPhilosophySocial sciencesPhilosophyThéorie critiqueSociologiePhilosophieSciences socialesPhilosophiecritical theories (dialectical critiques)aatSOCIAL SCIENCERegional StudiesbisacshSOCIAL SCIENCEAnthropologyGeneralbisacshLITERARY CRITICISMMiddle EasternbisacshCritical theoryfast(OCoLC)fst00883690Social sciencesPhilosophyfast(OCoLC)fst01122940SociologyPhilosophyfast(OCoLC)fst01123904Critical theory.SociologyPhilosophy.Social sciencesPhilosophy.Théorie critique.SociologiePhilosophie.Sciences socialesPhilosophie.critical theories (dialectical critiques)SOCIAL SCIENCERegional Studies.SOCIAL SCIENCEAnthropologyGeneral.LITERARY CRITICISMMiddle Eastern.Critical theory.Social sciencesPhilosophy.SociologyPhilosophy.301.0922Simons Jon, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut143841Simons Jon1961-N$TN$TEBLCPCDXE7BOCLCQIDEBKOCLCQOCLCEGZMYDXCPOCLCQOCLCFWAUOCLCQNLGGCOCLCQCUSOCLCQLOAJSTORIOGZCUOCLCQMERUCGZMOCLCQEZ9CUSVNSVTSICGOCLCQSTFDKCOCLCQMM9OCLCO9910785208003321From Agamben to Žižek3813928UNINA