Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements viii
4. Preface ix
5. Part I. Marxism
6. Introduction: Marxism 3
7. 1. Marxism: Philosophy and Social Theory 5
8. 2. Western Marxism 20
9. 3. Post-Marxism 36
10. Part II. Structuralism
11. Introduction: Structuralism 53
12. 4. Structuralism and Semiotics 55
13. 5. Genetic Structuralism 71
14. Part III. Poststructuralism
15. Introduction: Poststructuralism 89
16. 6. Phenomenology and Poststructuralism 91
17. 7. Deconstruction 109
18. 8. Discourse Theory 125
19. Part IV. Postmodernism
20. Introduction: Postmodernism 143
21. 9. Philosophical Postmodernism: From Adorno and Derrida to Foucault 145
22. 10. Postmodern Aesthetics 162
23. Part V. Postcolonialism
24. Introduction: Postcolonialism 179
25. 11. Postcolonial Theory and Criticism 181
26. 12. Black Studies 196
27. 13. Critical Race Theory 213
28. Part VI. Gender
29. Introduction: Gender 233
30. 14. Queer Theory 235
31. 15. Men, Masculinity and Critical Studies 251
32. Part VII. Feminism
33. Introduction: Feminism 271
34. 16. First and Second Wave Feminism 273
35. 17. After de Beauvoir: ‘French’ Feminism and Sexual Difference 290
36. 18. Postfeminism 306
37. Part VIII. Historicism
38. Introduction: Historicism 327
39. 19. Reception and Reader-Response Theory 329
40. 20. New Historicism 345
41. 21. Cultural Materialism 363
42. Part IX. Formalism
43. Introduction: Formalism 383
44. 22. Russian Formalism and Narratology 385
45. 23. New Criticism 401
46. Part X. Science and Critical Theory
47. Introduction: Science and Critical Theory 419
48. 24. Critical Theory and Paradigm Shift 421
49. 25. Critical Theory and Mathematics and Science 438
50. 26. Cognitive Science and Critical Theory 456
51. XI: Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory Introduction: Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory
52. 27. Freudian Psychoanalysis 477
53. 28. Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory 497
54. Notes on Contributors 513
55. Bibliography 516
56. Index 561