About the Book
Featuring over eighty essays, Cultural Theory: The Key Thinkers is a seminal guide to the literary critics, sociologists, historians, artists, philosophers and writers who have shaped culture and society, and the way in which we view them. Ranging from Arnold to Le Corbusier, from Eco to Marx, the entries offer a lucid analysis of the work of influential figures in the study of cultural theory, making this the perfect introduction for the student and general reader alike.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 ADORNO, THEODOR WIESENGRUND (1903–1969); Chapter 2 ALTHUSSER, LOUIS (1918–1990); Chapter 3 ARENDT, HANNAH (1906–1975); Chapter 4 ARISTOTLE (384–322 BC); Chapter 5 ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822–1888); Chapter 6 BAKHTIN, MIKHAIL (1895–1975); Chapter 7 BARTHES, ROLAND (1915–1980); Chapter 8 BATAILLE, GEORGES (1897–1962); Chapter 9 BAUDRILLARD, JEAN (1929– ); Chapter 10 BENEDICT, RUTH (1887–1948); Chapter 11 BENJAMIN, WALTER (1892–1940); Chapter 12 BLOCH, ERNST (1885–1977); Chapter 13 BOURDIEU, PIERRE (1930– ); Chapter 14 BRECHT, BERTOLT (1898–1956); Chapter 15 CASTORIADIS, CORNELIUS (1922–1997); Chapter 16 CHOMSKY, NOAM (1928– ); Chapter 17 CIXOUS, HÉLÈNE (1937– ); Chapter 18 DELEUZE, GILLES (1925–1995) AND GUATTARI, FÉLIX (1936–1992); Chapter 19 DE MAN, PAUL (1919–1983); Chapter 20 DERRIDA, JACQUES (1930– ); Chapter 21 DESCARTES, RENÉ (1596–1650); Chapter 22 DEWEY, JOHN (1859–1952); Chapter 23 DURKHEIM, EMILE (1858–1917); Chapter 24 ECO, UMBERTO (1932– ); Chapter 25 ELIAS, NORBERT (1897–1990); Chapter 26 FANON, FRANTZ (1925–1961); Chapter 27 FOUCAULT, MICHEL (1926–1984); Chapter 28 FREUD, SIGMUND (1856–1939); Chapter 29 GADAMER, HANS-GEORG (1900– ); Chapter 30 GEERTZ, CLIFFORD (1926– ); Chapter 31 GIDDENS, ANTHONY (1938– ); Chapter 32 GOFFMAN, ERVING (1922–1982); Chapter 33 GRAMSCI, ANTONIO (1891–1937); Chapter 34 HABERMAS, JÜRGEN (1929– ); Chapter 35 HALL, STUART (1932– ); Chapter 36 HEGEL, GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH (1770–1831); Chapter 37 HEIDEGGER, MARTIN (1889–1976); Chapter 38 HOGGART, RICHARD (1918– ); Chapter 39 HORKHEIMER, MAX (1895–1973); Chapter 40 HUME, DAVID (1711–1776); Chapter 41 HUSSERL, EDMUND (1859–1938); Chapter 42 IRIGARAY, LUCE (1932– ); Chapter 43 JAKOBSON, ROMAN (1896–1982); Chapter 44 JAMES, C. L. R. (CYRIL LIONEL ROBERT) (1901–1989); Chapter 45 JAMESON, FREDRIC (1934– ); Chapter 46 JUNG, CARL GUSTAV (1875–1961); Chapter 47 KANT, IMMANUEL (1724-1804); Chapter 48 KRISTEVA, JULIA (1941– ); Chapter 49 KUHN, THOMAS S. (1922–1996); Chapter 50 LACAN, JACQUES (1901–1981); Chapter 51 LEAVIS, F. R. (1895–1978); Chapter 52 LE CORBUSIER (1887–1965); Chapter 53 LE DOEUFF, MICHÈLE (1948– ); Chapter 54 LÉVINAS, EMMANUEL (1906–1995); Chapter 55 LÉVI-STRAUSS, CLAUDE (1908– ); Chapter 56 LUKÁCS, GYORGY (1885–1971); Chapter 57 LYOTARD, JEAN-FRANÇOIS (1925–1998); Chapter 58 MACINTYRE, ALASDAIR (1929– ); Chapter 59 MALRAUX, ANDRÉ (1901–1976); Chapter 60 MARX, KARL (1818–1883); Chapter 61 MAUSS, MARCEL (1872–1950); Chapter 62 MERLEAU-PONTY, MAURICE (1907–1961); Chapter 63 MILL, JOHN STUART (1806–1873); Chapter 64 NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH (1844–1900); Chapter 65 NUSSBAUM, MARTHA C. (1947– ); Chapter 66 OAKESHOTT, MICHAEL (1901–1990); Chapter 67 PARSONS, TALCOTT (1902–1979); Chapter 68 PEIRCE, CHARLES SANDERS (1839–1914); Chapter 69 PLATO (c.428–c.348 BC); Chapter 70 POPPER, KARL (1902–1994); Chapter 71 RAWLS, JOHN (1921– ); Chapter 72 RICOEUR, PAUL (1913– ); Chapter 73 RORTY, RICHARD (1931– ); Chapter 74 ROSE, GILLIAN (1947–1995); Chapter 75 ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES (1712–1778); Chapter 76 SAID, EDWARD (1935– ); Chapter 77 SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL (1905–1980); Chapter 78 SAUSSURE, FERDINAND DE (1857–1913); Chapter 79 SCHUTZ, ALFRED (1899–1959); Chapter 80 SIMMEL, GEORG (1858–1918); Chapter 81 SKINNER, B. F. (BURRHUS FREDERIC) (1904–1990); Chapter 82 SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790); Chapter 83 SONTAG, SUSAN (1933– ); Chapter 84 TAYLOR, CHARLES (1931– ); Chapter 85 WEBER, MAX (1864–1920); Chapter 86 WILLIAMS, RAYMOND (1921–1988); Chapter 87 WITTGENSTEIN, LUDWIG (1889–1951);
About the Author :
Peter Sedgwick and Andrew Edgar are both lecturers at the University of Wales, Cardiff. They are the authors of Key Concepts in Cultural Theory, also published by Routledge.
Review :
'Genuinely interdisciplinary' - Media Education Journal
