The Edinburgh Companion to Critical Theory

Buch | Softcover

592 Seiten

2022
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-0884-1 (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.

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).

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.08.2022
Reihe/Serie	Edinburgh Companions to Literature and the Humanities
Zusatzinfo	2 black and white line art
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	172 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-3995-0884-9 / 1399508849
ISBN-13	978-1-3995-0884-1 / 9781399508841
Zustand	Neuware