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The Edinburgh Companion to Critical Theory

Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2016

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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.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Acknowledgements

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    Preface

    ix
    Stuart Sim
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  • Part I. Marxism
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    Introduction: Marxism

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    1. Marxism: Philosophy and Social Theory

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    Stuart Sim
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    2. Western Marxism

    20
    Stuart Sim
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    3. Post-Marxism

    36
    Stuart Sim
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  • Part II. Structuralism
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    Introduction: Structuralism

    53
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    4. Structuralism and Semiotics

    55
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    5. Genetic Structuralism

    71
    Marcel Danesi
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  • Part III. Poststructuralism
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    Introduction: Poststructuralism

    89
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    6. Phenomenology and Poststructuralism

    91
    Derek M. Robbins
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    7. Deconstruction

    109
    Nikolai Duffy
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    8. Discourse Theory

    125
    Georges Van Den Abbeele
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  • Part IV. Postmodernism
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    Introduction: Postmodernism

    143
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    9. Philosophical Postmodernism: From Adorno and Derrida to Foucault

    145
    Philip Goldstein
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    10. Postmodern Aesthetics

    162
    Nikolai Duffy
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  • Part V. Postcolonialism
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    Introduction: Postcolonialism

    179
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    11. Postcolonial Theory and Criticism

    181
    Claire Nally
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    12. Black Studies

    196
    Bella Adams
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    13. Critical Race Theory

    213
    Bella Adams
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  • Part VI. Gender
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    Introduction: Gender

    233
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    14. Queer Theory

    235
    Gareth Longstaff
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    15. Men, Masculinity and Critical Studies

    251
    Chris Haywood and Mairtin Mac an Ghaill
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  • Part VII. Feminism
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    Introduction: Feminism

    271
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    16. First and Second Wave Feminism

    273
    Claire Nally
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    17. After de Beauvoir: ‘French’ Feminism and Sexual Difference

    290
    Carole Sweeney
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    18. Postfeminism

    306
    Stéphanie Genz
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  • Part VIII. Historicism
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    Introduction: Historicism

    327
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    19. Reception and Reader-Response Theory

    329
    Bruce Harding
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    20. New Historicism

    345
    Bruce Harding
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    21. Cultural Materialism

    363
    Neema Parvini
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  • Part IX. Formalism
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    Introduction: Formalism

    383
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    22. Russian Formalism and Narratology

    385
    Georges Van Den Abbeele
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    23. New Criticism

    401
    Graham Allen
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  • Part X. Science and Critical Theory
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    Introduction: Science and Critical Theory

    419
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    24. Critical Theory and Paradigm Shift

    421
    Arkady Plotnitsky
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    25. Critical Theory and Mathematics and Science

    438
    Arkady Plotnitsky
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    26. Cognitive Science and Critical Theory

    456
    Peter Garratt
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  • XI: Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory Introduction: Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory
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    27. Freudian Psychoanalysis

    477
    Geoffrey Boucher
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    28. Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory

    497
    Matthew Sharpe
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    Notes on Contributors

    513
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    Bibliography

    516
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    Index

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