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Critical Theorists and International Relations
A wide range of critical theorists is used in the study of international politics, and until now there has been no text that gives concise and accessible introductions to these figures. Critical Theorists and International Relations provides a wide-ranging introduction to thirty-two important theorists whose work has been influential in thinking about global politics.
Each chapter is written by an expert with a detailed knowledge of the theorist concerned, representing a range of approaches under the rubric ‘critical’, including Marxism and post-Marxism, the Frankfurt School, hermeneutics, phenomenology, postcolonialism, feminism, queer theory, poststructuralism, pragmatism, scientific realism, deconstruction and psychoanalysis.
Key features of each chapter
a clear and concise biography of the relevant thinker
an introduction to their key writings and ideas
a summary of the ways in which these ideas have influenced and are being used in international relations scholarship
a list of suggestions for further reading Written in engaging and accessible prose, Critical Theorists and International Relations is a unique and invaluable resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars of international relations.
Each chapter is written by an expert with a detailed knowledge of the theorist concerned, representing a range of approaches under the rubric ‘critical’, including Marxism and post-Marxism, the Frankfurt School, hermeneutics, phenomenology, postcolonialism, feminism, queer theory, poststructuralism, pragmatism, scientific realism, deconstruction and psychoanalysis.
Key features of each chapter
a clear and concise biography of the relevant thinker
an introduction to their key writings and ideas
a summary of the ways in which these ideas have influenced and are being used in international relations scholarship
a list of suggestions for further reading Written in engaging and accessible prose, Critical Theorists and International Relations is a unique and invaluable resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars of international relations.
420 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2009
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September 15, 2018
This is a monumental work as it covers the lives and views of 32 "critical theorists".
They are (followed by the name of the contributors in capital letters):
1 Theodor Adorno
COLUMBA PEOPLES
2 Giorgio Agamben
NICK VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS
3 Hannah Arendt
PATRICIA OWENS
4 Alain Badiou
CLAUDIA ARADAU
5 Jean Baudrillard
FRANÇOIS DEBRIX
6 Simone de Beauvoir
KIMBERLY HUTCHINGS
7 Walter Benjamin
ANGHARAD CLOSS STEPHENS
8 Roy Bhaskar
MILJA KURKI
9 Pierre Bourdieu
PETER JACKSON
10 Judith Butler
CRISTINA MASTERS
11 Gilles Deleuze
ROBIN DURIE
12 Jacques Derrida
MAJA ZEHFUSS
13 Frantz Fanon
HIMADEEP MUPPIDI
14 Michel Foucault
ANDREW NEAL
15 Sigmund Freud
VANESSA PUPAVAC
16 Antonio Gramsci
MARK RUPERT
17 Jürgen Habermas
NETA C. CRAWFORD
18 G.W.F. Hegel
RITU VIJ
19 Martin Heidegger
LOUIZA ODYSSEOS
20 Immanuel Kant
KIMBERLY HUTCHINGS
21 Julia Kristeva
VIVIENNE JABRI
22 Emmanuel Levinas
ELIZABETH DAUPHINEE
23 Karl Marx
MILJA KURKI
24 Jean-Luc Nancy
MARTIN COWARD
25 Friedrich Nietzsche
ROBIN DURIE
26 Jacques Rancière
RENS VAN MUNSTER
27 Richard Rorty
JAMES BRASSETT
28 Edward Said
LATHA VARADARAJAN
29 Carl Schmitt
LOUIZA ODYSSEOS AND FABIO PETITO
30 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
CATARINA KINNVALL
31 Paul Virilo
JAMES DER DERIAN
32 Slavoj Žižek
DIANE RUBENSTEIN
Conclusion
Most of the authors are worth reading. As for Marx and Žižek I have serious reservations.
They are (followed by the name of the contributors in capital letters):
1 Theodor Adorno
COLUMBA PEOPLES
2 Giorgio Agamben
NICK VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS
3 Hannah Arendt
PATRICIA OWENS
4 Alain Badiou
CLAUDIA ARADAU
5 Jean Baudrillard
FRANÇOIS DEBRIX
6 Simone de Beauvoir
KIMBERLY HUTCHINGS
7 Walter Benjamin
ANGHARAD CLOSS STEPHENS
8 Roy Bhaskar
MILJA KURKI
9 Pierre Bourdieu
PETER JACKSON
10 Judith Butler
CRISTINA MASTERS
11 Gilles Deleuze
ROBIN DURIE
12 Jacques Derrida
MAJA ZEHFUSS
13 Frantz Fanon
HIMADEEP MUPPIDI
14 Michel Foucault
ANDREW NEAL
15 Sigmund Freud
VANESSA PUPAVAC
16 Antonio Gramsci
MARK RUPERT
17 Jürgen Habermas
NETA C. CRAWFORD
18 G.W.F. Hegel
RITU VIJ
19 Martin Heidegger
LOUIZA ODYSSEOS
20 Immanuel Kant
KIMBERLY HUTCHINGS
21 Julia Kristeva
VIVIENNE JABRI
22 Emmanuel Levinas
ELIZABETH DAUPHINEE
23 Karl Marx
MILJA KURKI
24 Jean-Luc Nancy
MARTIN COWARD
25 Friedrich Nietzsche
ROBIN DURIE
26 Jacques Rancière
RENS VAN MUNSTER
27 Richard Rorty
JAMES BRASSETT
28 Edward Said
LATHA VARADARAJAN
29 Carl Schmitt
LOUIZA ODYSSEOS AND FABIO PETITO
30 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
CATARINA KINNVALL
31 Paul Virilo
JAMES DER DERIAN
32 Slavoj Žižek
DIANE RUBENSTEIN
Conclusion
Most of the authors are worth reading. As for Marx and Žižek I have serious reservations.
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