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  • von Stephen Morton
    38,00 €

    An accessible introduction to one of the key thinkers of our time, focusing on her key theoretical concepts, intellectual context and critical reception.

  • von Christopher J. Lee
    38,00 €

  • von Mark Robson & Robert Eaglestone
    38,00 €

    Questioning not just literary but social, political and cultural assumptions about knowledge and power, Greenblatt's work has had a huge impact on contemporary theory. This work discusses ideas specific to particular works and explores the relation of Greenblatt's thought to new historicism as well as other modes of criticism.

  • von Ian James
    45,00 €

    Paul Virilio is a challenging and original thinker whose work on technology, state power and war is becoming increasingly relevant. Exploring Virilio's main texts from their political and historical contexts, the author introduces the key themes in Virlio's work, including: speed; virtualization; war; politics; and, future.

  • von Canada) Daigle & Christine (Brock University
    45,00 €

    As the founding figure of the movement known as 'existentialism', Jean-Paul Sartre was a key figure in twentieth-century literature and philosophy, whose writings changed the course of critical thought. This book sets Sartre's thought in context, and considers a number of key ideas, charting their impact and continuing influence.

  • - Manuel Castells and Donna Haraway
    von Mr David Bell
    38,00 €

    Surveys a 'cluster' of works that seek to explore the cultures of cyberspace, the Internet and the information society. This work introduces ideas, and includes a discussion of the work of two thinkers in this area, Manuel Castells and Donna Haraway. It also includes topics such as: life on the screen; network society; cyborg methods; and more.

  • von Nicholas Royle
    45,00 €

    With a special focus on Derrida's relevance for literary and cultural studies, this text offers invaluable advice on reading Derrida's texts and guidance on the vast range of criticism responses to his work.

  • - James Joyce, Dorothy Richardson and Virginia Woolf
    von UK) Parsons & Deborah (University of Birmingham
    38,00 €

    Tracing the developing modernist aesthetic in the thought and writings of James Joyce, Dorothy Richardson and Virginia Woolf, this book considers the cultural, social and personal influences upon the three writers. It explores the connections between their theories, and gives attention to their work on various aspects.

  • - T.S. Eliot, T.E. Hulme, Ezra Pound
    von University of London, UK) Beasley & Rebecca (Birkbeck College
    38,00 €

    Modernist poetry heralded a radical new aesthetic of experimentation, pioneering new verse forms and subjects. This volume examines three of the most influential figures of the modernist movement, and argues that we cannot dissociate their bold, inventive poetic forms from their profoundly engaged theories of social and political reform.

  • von UK) Mills & Sara (Sheffield Hallam University
    38,00 €

    Sara Mills offers an introduction to both the ideas of Michel Foucault and the debate surrounding him, fully equipping student readers for an encounter with this most influential of thinkers.

  • von Sara Salih
    38,00 €

    This guide offers students of literature and culture a refreshingly clear introduction to Butler's crucial ideas, including the formation of identity, subjecthood and gender performativity.

  • von Noelle McAfee
    38,00 €

    A clear introduction to Kristeva examining her work on language and textuality, subjectivity, feminism and sexuality, politics, identity and nationality.

  • von Tony Myers
    45,00 €

    Tony Myers provides a clear and engaging guide to Slavoj Zizek's key ideas, explaining the main influences on his thought (most crucially his engagement with Lacanian psychoanalysis) using examples drawn from popular culture and everyday life. Myers outlines the key issues that Zizek's work has tackled.

  • von Ullrich Haase & William Large
    46,00 €

    Without Maurice Blanchot, literary theory as we know it today would have been unthinkable. This guide: works "idea by idea" through Blanchot's writings, anchoring them in historical and intellectual contexts; examines Blanchot's understanding of literature, death, ethics and politics and the relationship between these themes.

  • von Adam Roberts
    46,00 €

    Widely recognised as one of today's most important cultural critics, Adam Roberts offers an engaging introduction to this crucial figure, which will convince any student of contemporary theory that Jameson must be read.

  • von Luke Ferretter
    38,00 €

    Best known for his theories of ideology and its impact on politics and culture, Louis Althusser revolutionized Marxist theory. Placing Althusser's ideas in the context of earlier Marxist thought, as well as tracing their development and impact, this book presents a guide, useful for those new to the work of this influential critical thinker.

  • von UK) Thurschwell & Pamela (University of Sussex
    45,00 €

  • von UK) Malpas & Simon (University of Edinburgh
    38,00 €

    An essential student guide to Lyotard and issues in his work, including modernity and the postmodern, the sublime, ethics, history and representation, art and the unpresentable, knowledge and the university and the future.

  • von Graham Allen
    38,00 €

    Roland Barthes is a central figure in the study of language, literature, culture and the media. This title prepares readers for their first encounter with his crucial writings on some of the most important theoretical debates. Tracing his engagement with other key thinkers, it offers a clear picture of Barthes' work in-context.

  • von Steven Jones
    38,00 €

    Covers key elements of Gramsci's thought through detailed discussion, and studies the historical context of the theorist's thought. This work also offers examples of putting Gramsci's ideas into practice in the analysis of contemporary culture, and evaluates responses to his work.

  • von Ross Wilson
    38,00 €

    Provides readers with the tools required to interpret Adorno's works, whilst also introducing readers to his interpretation of classical German philosophy and his relationship to his contemporaries.

  • von USA) Colebrook & Claire (Penn State University
    46,00 €

    With his emphasis on creation, the future and enhancement of life, along with his crusade against 'common sense,' Deleuze offers some of the most liberating, exhilarating ideas in twentieth-century thought introduced here.

  • von Greece) Homer & Sean (City College
    45,00 €

    This volume provides an excellent introduction to the work of Jacques Lacan, covering all of Lacan's major concepts such as the Imaginary, the Symbolic and the Real.

  • von Dr Jason Edwards
    46,00 €

    Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick is one of the most significant literary theorists and a key figure in contemporary queer theory. This book indicates the impact that Sedgwick's work has on writers, readers, and literary and cultural theory.

  • von David (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Huddart
    38,00 €

    Homi K. Bhabha is one of the most highly renowned figures in contemporary post-colonial studies. This introductory guidebook is ideal for all students working in the fields of literary, cultural and postcolonial theory.

  • von Canada) Lane & Richard J. (Vancouver Island University
    38,00 €

    Jean Baudrillard is one of the controversial theorists, famous for his claim that the Gulf War never happened and for his provocative writing on terrorism, specifically 9/11. This title examines the impact that Baudrillard has had on literary studies, media and cultural studies, sociology, philosophy and postmodernism.

  • - Laura Mulvey, Kaja Silverman, Teresa de Lauretis, Barbara Creed
    von Shohini Chaudhuri
    64,00 €

    Focusing on the work of Laura Mulvey, Kaja Silverman, Teresa de Lauretis and Barbara Creed, this book explores how, since it began in the 1970s, feminist film theory has revolutionized the way that films and their spectators can be understood. It is useful for students of film theory and women's studies.

  • von Karl Simms
    46,00 €

    Karl Simms also offers a guide to further reading, which offers advice on Ricoeur's work as well as secondary texts. Refreshingly clear and impressively comprehensive, Paul Ricoeur is the essential guide to an essential theorist.

  • von Sean Hand
    46,00 €

    Best known for his theories of ethics and responsibility, Emmanuel Levinas was one of the most profound and influential thinkers of the 20th century. This guide examines why Levinas is increasingly fundamental to the study of literature and culture.

  • von Timothy Clark
    38,00 €

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