Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Peters, Michael (Michael A.), 1948-
2. Olssen, Mark.
3. Lankshear, Colin.

Description

1. vi, 296 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. Reinvigorating critical theory by extending its range and its intellectual trajectories through strategies of inclusiveness that respect and build on parallel traditions, the authors reinterpret Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Heidegger in relation to central figures and themes of critical theory.

Subject

1. Sociology > Philosophy
2. Critical theory
3. critical theories (dialectical critiques)
4. Kritische Theorie
5. Soziologische Theorie
6. Aufsatzsammlung
7. Kritiek (filosofie)

Contents

1. Nietzsche, nihilism, and the critique of modernity / Michael Peters, Mark Olssen, and Colin Lankshear -- A critical theory of the self : Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, Foucault / James D. Marshall -- From the question concerning technology to the quest for a democratic technology : Heidegger, Marcuse, Feenberg / Iain Thomson -- Foucault and critique : Kant, humanism, and the human sciences / Mark Olssen -- Levinas's ethicopolitical order of human proximity : "the quest for justice" / Denise Egéa-Kuehne -- "Looking for allies" : Gilles Deleuze as critical theorist / John R. Morss -- Jacques Derrida : deconstruction = justice / Gert J.J. Biesta -- The postmodern condition : Lyotard's futurology / Peter Pericles Trifonas -- Of being-two / Pheng Cheah -- Pierre Bourdieu : the craft of sociology / Roy Nash -- Slavoj Zizek's naked politics : opting for the impossible : a secondary elaboration / Peter McLaren -- Anthony Giddens : the last global theorist / David Scott -- Cyberfeminism with a difference / Rosi Braidotti -- Edward Said : the locatedness of theory / Bill Ashcroft -- "Anti-globalization" and Guattari's The three ecologies / Michael Peters.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Colin Lankshear is a New Zealand author.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.