Book Series

Routledge Critical Thinkers

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Series Editor: Robert Eaglestone, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Designed for students of language, literature, music and cultural studies, these compact, intelligent guides introduce key figures in contemporary critical thought. They provide a springboard for further study and informed engagement with each theorist's original texts.

Concise and reader-friendly, each guide explains:

  • the importance of the thinker
  • what motivated their work
  • their key ideas
  • who and what influenced them
  • who and what they have influenced
  • what to read next and why.

Features include: end of chapter summaries, explanations of key terms, boxed summaries of historical events, extensively annotated guides to further reading, full index.