Overview

"""Poststructuralism and Critical Theory's Second Generation"" analyses the major themes and developments in a period that brought continental philosophy to the forefront of scholarship in a variety of humanities and social science disciplines and that set the agenda for philosophical thought on the continent and elsewhere from the 1960s to the present. Focusing on the years 1960-1984, the volume examines the major figures associated with poststructuralism and the second generation of critical theory, the two dominant movements that emerged in the 1960s: Althusser, Foucault, Deleuze, Derrida, Lyotard, Irigaray, and Habermas. Influential thinkers such as Serres, Bourdieu, and Rorty, who are not easily placed in ""standard"" histories of the period, are also covered. Beyond this, thematic essays engage with issues as diverse as the Nietzschean legacy, the linguistic turn in continental thinking, the phenomenological inheritance of Gadamer and Ricoeur, the influence of psychoanalysis, the emergence of feminist thought and a philosophy of sexual difference, the renewal of the critical theory tradition, and the importation of continental philosophy into literary theory."

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Author:   Alan D. Schrift
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Acumen Publishing Ltd
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781844652167

ISBN 10:   1844652165
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   30 September 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Series Preface; Introduction, Alan D. Schrift; 1. French Nietzscheanism, Alan D. Schrift; 2. Louis Althusser, Warren Montag; 3. Michel Foucault, Timothy O'Leary; 4. Gilles Deleuze, Daniel W. Smith; 5. Jacques Derrida, Samir Haddad; 6. Jean-Francois Lyotard, James Williams; 7. Pierre Bourdieu and the practice of philosophy, Derek Robbins; 8. Michel Serres, David F. Bell; 9. Jurgen Habermas, Christopher F. Zurn; 10. Second generation critical theory, James Swindal; 11. Gadamer, Ricoeur, and the legacy of phenomenology, Wayne J. Froman; 12. The linguistic turn in continental philosophy, Claire Colebrook; 13. Psychoanalysis and desire, Rosi Braidotti & Alan D. Schrift; 14. Luce Irigaray, Mary Beth Mader; 15. Cixous, Kristeva, and Le Doeuff: three ""French feminists"", Sara Heinamaa; 16. Deconstruction and the Yale School of literary theory, Jeffrey T. Nealon; 17. Rorty among the continentals, David R. Hiley"

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Both comprehensive and detailed while being accessible to a broad readership, from the generalist interested in basic ideas and facts to the specialist, who may require new perspectives on and approaches to specific thinkers and movements. - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews This excellent volume will be an important aid to a wide range of readers who will benefit from the clarity of the explications and the breadth of the treatments. - John Protevi, Louisiana State University

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- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews ""This excellent volume will be an important aid to a wide range of readers who will benefit from the clarity of the explications and the breadth of the treatments."" - John Protevi, Louisiana State University"

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