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Written by internationally acclaimed scholars on futures of critical theory, this book attempts to renew and reinvigorate critical theory by extending its range and its intellectual trajectories through strategies of inclusiveness that respect and build on parallel traditions.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Futures of Critical Theory: Dreams of Difference Chapter 2 1. Nietzsche, Nihilism and the Critique of Modernity Chapter 3 2. A Critical Theory of the Self: Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, Foucault Chapter 4 3. From the Question Concerning Technology to the Quest for a Democratic Technology: Heidegger, Marcuse, Feenberg Chapter 5 4. Foucault and Critique: Kant, Humanism and the Human Sciences Chapter 6 5. Levinas's Ethico-Political Order Of Human Proximity: "The Quest For Justice" Chapter 7 6. "Looking for Allies": Gilles Deleuze as Critical Theorist Chapter 8 7. Jacques Derrida: Deconstruction = Justice Chapter 9 8. The Postmodern Condition: Lyotard's Futurology Chapter 10 9. Of Being Two Chapter 11 10. Pierre Bourdieu: The Craft of Sociology Chapter 12 11. Slavoj Zizek's Naked Politics: Opting for the Impossible A Secondary Elaboration Chapter 13 12. Anthony Giddens - The Last Global Theorist Chapter 14 13. Cyberfeminism with a Difference Chapter 15 14. Edward Said: The Locatedness of Theory Chapter 16 15. "Anti-Globalization" and Guattari's The Three Ecologies
About the author
Rosi Braidotti is Distinguished University Professor and founding Director of the Centre for the Humanities at Utrecht University. Her most recent books are The Posthuman (Polity, 2013), Nomadic Subjects (Columbia University Press, 2011) and Nomadic Theory (Columbia University Press, 2011) www.rosibraidotti.com
