A Companion to Critical and Cultural Theory

Szeman, Imre; Blacker, Sarah; Sully, Justin

This Companion addresses the contemporary transformation of critical and cultural theory, with special emphasis on the way debates in the field have changed in recent decades.

• Features original essays from an international team of cultural theorists which offer fresh and compelling perspectives and sketch out exciting new areas of theoretical inquiry Thoughtfully organized into two sections – lineages and problematics – that facilitate its use both by students new to the field and
  advanced scholars and researchers
• Explains key schools and movements clearly and succinctly, situating them in relation to broader developments in culture, society, and politics
• Tackles issues that have shaped and energized the field since the Second World War, with discussion of familiar and under-theorized topics related to living and laboring, being and knowing, and agency and belonging

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2017-09-25

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781118472316

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Dimensions: 246.4cm x170.2cm

Pages: 592.0