From Agamben to Zizek: Contemporary Critical Theorists

by Jon Simons

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780748686742
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Publication date:	09/10/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Jon Simons is Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Culture at the Indiana University, Bloomington

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction, Jon Simons;1. Giorgio Agamben (1942 -), Paul Hegarty; 2. Alain Badiou (1937 -), Benjamin Robinson; 3. Zygmunt Bauman (1925 -), Peter Beilharz; 4. Homi K. Bhabha (1949 -), David Huddart; 5. Judith Butler (1956 -), Moya Lloyd; 6. Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997), Caroline Williams; 7. Green critical theorists, David Kidner; 8. Donna J. Haraway (1944 -), Joan Faber McAlister; 9. Ernesto Laclau (1935 -) and Chantal Mouffe (1943 -), Simon Tormey; 10. Bruno Latour (1947 -), Ilana Gershon; 11. Antonio Negri (1933 -), Arianna Bove; 12. Jacques Rancière (1940 -), Samuel A. Chambers; 13. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942 -), Stephen Morton; 14. Paul Virilio (1932 -), John Armitage; 15. Slavoj Žižek (1949 -), Matthew Sharpe; Index.