LEADER 03888nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910811651003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780748643264$b(electronic bk.) 010 $a0748643265$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z1282899821 010 $z9781282899827 010 $z9780748639731$b(cloth) 010 $z074863973X$b(cloth) 010 $z9780748639748$b(paper) 010 $z0748639748$b(paper) 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748643264 035 $a(OCoLC)682621296$z(OCoLC)741350806$z(OCoLC)763823986$z(OCoLC)765612912$z(OCoLC)816618778$z(OCoLC)961619347$z(OCoLC)962622837$z(OCoLC)966263820$z(OCoLC)1171075362 035 $a(OCoLC)ocn682621296 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC615822 035 $a(DE-B1597)615473 035 $a(OCoLC)1302162225 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748643264 035 $a(CKB)2670000000055475 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000055475 100 $a20100528d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu---unuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aFrom Agamben to Zizek $econtemporary critical theorists /$fedited by Jon Simons 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: From Agamben to Z?iz?ek. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010 9780748639731 (OCoLC)639461707 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGiorgio 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 Rancie?re (1940- ) / Samuel A. Chambers -- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942- ) / Stephen Morton -- Paul Virilio (1932- ) / John Armitage -- Slavoj Z?iz?ek (1949- ) / Matthew Sharpe. 330 $aIn 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, RanciA?·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 LA??vi-Strauss: The Background to Contemporary Critical Theory and Contemporary Critical Theorists: From Lacan to Said. 606 $aCritical theory 606 $aSociology$xPhilosophy 606 $aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy 615 0$aCritical theory. 615 0$aSociology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy. 676 $a301.0922 701 $aSimons$b Jon$f1961-$0143841 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910811651003321 996 $aFrom Agamben to Z?iz?ek$93943796 997 $aUNINA