The Edinburgh Companion to Critical Theory
Published on 10. February 2016
Book
Hardback
592 pages
978-0-7486-9339-9 (ISBN)
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Featuring an international team of specialists on the subject, The Edinburgh Companion to Critical Theory provides a comprehensive analysis of the changing role of critical theory in the new century. Taking note of the many new theoretical and socio-political developments in recent years, the volume conclusively demonstrates critical theory's continuing relevance across disciplines ranging from the arts and social sciences through to the hard sciences. Being theoretically informed is not an optional part of study any more, it is a necessary, central part, and The Companion will bring you up to date with what is happening across the spectrum of critical theory.
The volume consists of eleven sections comprising twenty-eight chapters, each covering a particular branch of critical theory from Marxism through to present-day developments such as Cognitive Theory. Every chapter considers the historical development of the theory in question, explaining the main concepts and thinkers involved, before proceeding to assess where it stands in relation to current academic and socio-political concerns and debates. Outlining recent advances in each area, and the emergence of new voices, The Companion offers readers a welcome opportunity to reorient themselves within the history and role of critical theory in its many forms.
The volume consists of eleven sections comprising twenty-eight chapters, each covering a particular branch of critical theory from Marxism through to present-day developments such as Cognitive Theory. Every chapter considers the historical development of the theory in question, explaining the main concepts and thinkers involved, before proceeding to assess where it stands in relation to current academic and socio-political concerns and debates. Outlining recent advances in each area, and the emergence of new voices, The Companion offers readers a welcome opportunity to reorient themselves within the history and role of critical theory in its many forms.
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Language
English
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Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Height: 246 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
1315 gr
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978-0-7486-9339-9 (9780748693399)
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Stuart Sim is retired Professor of Critical Theory at Northumbria University. He has published widely on critical theory, and is a Fellow of the English Association. Amongst his recent publications are The Lyotard Dictionary (2011), Addicted to Profit: Reclaiming Our Lives from the Free Market (2012), Fifty Key Postmodern Thinkers (2013), and, with Brett Wilson and Barbara Hawkins (eds) Art, Science & Cultural Understanding (2014).
Content
Introduction, Stuart Sim
Part I: MarxismIntroduction to Marxism1. Marxism: Philosophy & Social Theory, Stuart Sim2. Western Marxism, Stuart Sim3. Post-Marxism, Stuart Sim
Part II: StructuralismIntroduction to Structuralism4. Structuralism & Semiotics, Georges Van Den Abbeele5. Genetic Structuralism, Marcel Danesi
Part III: PoststructuralismIntroduction to Poststructuralism6. Phenomenology, Derek M. Robbins7. Deconstruction, Nikolai Duffy8. Discourse Theory, Georges Van Den Abbeele
Part IV: PostmodernismIntroduction to Postmodernism9. Philosophical Postmodernism: From Adorno & Derrida to Foucault, Philip Goldstein10. Postmodern Aesthetics, Nikolai Duffy
Part V: PostcolonialismIntroduction to Postcolonialism11. Postcolonial Theory & Criticism, Claire Nally12. Black Studies, Bella Adams13. Critical Race Theory, Bella Adams
Part VI: GenderIntroduction to Gender14. Queer Theory, Gareth Longstaff15. Men, Masculinity Studies & Critical Studies, Chris Haywood & Mairtin Mac an Ghaill
Part VII: FeminismIntroduction To Feminism16. First & Second Wave Feminism, Claire Nally17. After de Beauvoir: 'French' Feminism & Sexual Difference, Carole Sweeney18. Post-Feminism, Stephanie Genz
Part VIII: HistoricismIntroduction to Historicism19. Reception & Reader-Response Theory, Bruce Harding20. New Historicism, Bruce Harding21. Cultural Materialism, Neema Parvini
Part IX: FormalismIntroduction to Formalism22. Russian Formalism & Narratology, Georges Van Den Abbeele23. New Criticism, Graham Allen
Part X: Science & Critical TheoryIntroduction to Science & Critical Theory24 Critical Theory & Paradigm Shift, Arkady Plotnitsky25. Critical Theory & Mathematics & Science, Arkady Plotnitsky26. Cognitive Science & Critical Theory, Peter Garratt
Part XI: Psychoanalysis & Critical TheoryIntroduction to Psychoanalysis & Critical Theory27. Freudian Psychoanalysis, Geoffrey Boucher28. Lacanian Psychoanalysis & Critical Theory, Matthew Sharpe
BibliographyNotes on Contributors.
Part I: MarxismIntroduction to Marxism1. Marxism: Philosophy & Social Theory, Stuart Sim2. Western Marxism, Stuart Sim3. Post-Marxism, Stuart Sim
Part II: StructuralismIntroduction to Structuralism4. Structuralism & Semiotics, Georges Van Den Abbeele5. Genetic Structuralism, Marcel Danesi
Part III: PoststructuralismIntroduction to Poststructuralism6. Phenomenology, Derek M. Robbins7. Deconstruction, Nikolai Duffy8. Discourse Theory, Georges Van Den Abbeele
Part IV: PostmodernismIntroduction to Postmodernism9. Philosophical Postmodernism: From Adorno & Derrida to Foucault, Philip Goldstein10. Postmodern Aesthetics, Nikolai Duffy
Part V: PostcolonialismIntroduction to Postcolonialism11. Postcolonial Theory & Criticism, Claire Nally12. Black Studies, Bella Adams13. Critical Race Theory, Bella Adams
Part VI: GenderIntroduction to Gender14. Queer Theory, Gareth Longstaff15. Men, Masculinity Studies & Critical Studies, Chris Haywood & Mairtin Mac an Ghaill
Part VII: FeminismIntroduction To Feminism16. First & Second Wave Feminism, Claire Nally17. After de Beauvoir: 'French' Feminism & Sexual Difference, Carole Sweeney18. Post-Feminism, Stephanie Genz
Part VIII: HistoricismIntroduction to Historicism19. Reception & Reader-Response Theory, Bruce Harding20. New Historicism, Bruce Harding21. Cultural Materialism, Neema Parvini
Part IX: FormalismIntroduction to Formalism22. Russian Formalism & Narratology, Georges Van Den Abbeele23. New Criticism, Graham Allen
Part X: Science & Critical TheoryIntroduction to Science & Critical Theory24 Critical Theory & Paradigm Shift, Arkady Plotnitsky25. Critical Theory & Mathematics & Science, Arkady Plotnitsky26. Cognitive Science & Critical Theory, Peter Garratt
Part XI: Psychoanalysis & Critical TheoryIntroduction to Psychoanalysis & Critical Theory27. Freudian Psychoanalysis, Geoffrey Boucher28. Lacanian Psychoanalysis & Critical Theory, Matthew Sharpe
BibliographyNotes on Contributors.