The Edinburgh Companion to Critical Theory

Stuart Sim

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2016

The Edinburgh Companion to Critical Theory

Stuart Sim

In the series Edinburgh Companions to Literature and the Humanities

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748693405

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About this book

A wide-ranging reference guide to the changing role of critical theory in the twenty-first century

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. Outlining historical development as well as recent advances in each area, and the emergence of new voices, The Companion offers readers a welcome opportunity to reorient themselves within the role of critical theory in its many forms.

Key features

Ranges from the Humanities & Social Sciences right through to the hard Sciences

International dimension to the volume, with highly-experienced academic specialists from various countries

Brings critical theory right up to date with new developments like Cognitive Theory ('Cognitivism')

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Preface Stuart Sim Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Part I. Marxism
Introduction: Marxism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
1. Marxism: Philosophy and Social Theory Stuart Sim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
2. Western Marxism Stuart Sim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
3. Post-Marxism Stuart Sim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
Part II. Structuralism
Introduction: Structuralism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
4. Structuralism and Semiotics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
5. Genetic Structuralism Marcel Danesi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Part III. Poststructuralism
Introduction: Poststructuralism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
6. Phenomenology and Poststructuralism Derek M. Robbins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
7. Deconstruction Nikolai Duffy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
8. Discourse Theory Georges Van Den Abbeele Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Part IV. Postmodernism
Introduction: Postmodernism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
9. Philosophical Postmodernism: From Adorno and Derrida to Foucault Philip Goldstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
10. Postmodern Aesthetics Nikolai Duffy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
Part V. Postcolonialism
Introduction: Postcolonialism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
11. Postcolonial Theory and Criticism Claire Nally Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
12. Black Studies Bella Adams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
13. Critical Race Theory Bella Adams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Part VI. Gender
Introduction: Gender Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
14. Queer Theory Gareth Longstaff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
15. Men, Masculinity and Critical Studies Chris Haywood and Mairtin Mac an Ghaill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Part VII. Feminism
Introduction: Feminism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
16. First and Second Wave Feminism Claire Nally Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
17. After de Beauvoir: ‘French’ Feminism and Sexual Difference Carole Sweeney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	290
18. Postfeminism Stéphanie Genz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	306
Part VIII. Historicism
Introduction: Historicism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
19. Reception and Reader-Response Theory Bruce Harding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
20. New Historicism Bruce Harding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
21. Cultural Materialism Neema Parvini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
Part IX. Formalism
Introduction: Formalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
22. Russian Formalism and Narratology Georges Van Den Abbeele Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
23. New Criticism Graham Allen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
Part X. Science and Critical Theory
Introduction: Science and Critical Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	419
24. Critical Theory and Paradigm Shift Arkady Plotnitsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
25. Critical Theory and Mathematics and Science Arkady Plotnitsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	438
26. Cognitive Science and Critical Theory Peter Garratt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	456
XI: Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory Introduction: Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory
27. Freudian Psychoanalysis Geoffrey Boucher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	477
28. Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory Matthew Sharpe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	497
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	513
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	516
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	561

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 592
Illustrations
- Other: 2 B/W line art
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: February 10, 2016
ISBN: 9780748693405