Contemporary Critical Theorists :: From Lacan to Said

Book Details

• Author: Jon Simons

• Binding: Hardcover

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• ISBN: 9788131607237

• Language: English

• Release Date: 01-09-2015

• Pages: 304

About the Book

Contemporary Critical Theorists: From Lacan to Said is a comprehensive and accessible guide that introduces the major figures in contemporary critical theory. This volume covers a wide range of influential theoretical approaches, including:

• Semiotics and Discourse Analysis

• Structuralism and Post-structuralism

• Ideology Critique

• Deconstruction

• Feminism and Queer Theory

• Psychoanalysis

• Postcolonialism

• Postmodernism

• Second Generation Frankfurt School Critical Theory

• Marxism and Post-Marxism

Each chapter provides biographical information, intellectual context, key concepts, major theoretical angles, and applications of each thinker’s work. Additionally, it offers suggestions for further reading. The book includes individual chapters on influential figures such as:

• Jacques Lacan

• Emmanuel Levinas

• Louis Althusser

• Roland Barthes

• Jacques Derrida

• Luce Irigaray

• Hélène Cixous

• Julia Kristeva

• Jean-François Lyotard

• Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari

• Michel Foucault

• Jean Baudrillard

• Pierre Bourdieu

• Jürgen Habermas

• Fredric Jameson

• Edward Said

This guide is perfect for beginning students of critical theory and provides essential insights into the thinkers who have shaped contemporary intellectual thought.

About the Author

Jon Simons is a Senior Lecturer in Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of Foucault and the Political (Routledge, 1995), and his academic work focuses on contemporary critical theory, particularly the contributions of Michel Foucault and other key theorists in the field.