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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Simons, Jon
• Armitage, John
• Beilharz, Peter
• Bove, Arianna
• Chambers, Samuel A
• Faber McAlister, Joan
• Gershon, Ilana
• Hegarty, Paul
• Huddart, David
• Kidner, David
• Lloyd, Moya
• Morton, Stephen
• Robinson, Benjamin
• Sharpe, Matthew
• Simons, Jon
• Tormey, Simon
• Williams, Caroline

Titel

From Agamben to Zizek : Contemporary Critical Theorists

Ort / Verlag

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

[2022]

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• De Gruyter E-Books EBA bis 31.12.2026 (ZDB-23-DGG-eba)
• De Gruyter E-Books EBA bis 31.12.2026 (ZDB-23-DGG-eba)

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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 FeaturesWritten 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 contextThe 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 evaluationJon 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