1st Edition

A Critical Sense Interviews with Intellectuals

Edited By Peter Osborne Copyright 1997
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

A Critical Sense brings together in a single volume the leading figures of contemporary radical theory. Moving freely between philosophy, politics and cultural studies, it offers a fascinating overview of the lines of thought of today's intellectual left. Marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis and critical theory, literary studies, deconstruction, pragmatism, postcolonial and queer theory are... Read more
Introduction: A Critical Sense Philosophers, Interviews, Intellectuals Peter Osborne 1. Institution and Autonomy Cornelius Castoriadis 2. Lacan in Slovenia Renata Salecl and Slavoj Zizek Postscript Slavoj Zizek 3. The Legacy of Marx Istvan Meszaros 4. Orientalism and After Edward Said 5. Critical Theory in Germany Today Axel Honneth 6. Gender as Performance Judith Butler 7. American Radicalism Cornel West 8. Feminism, Deconstruction and the Law Drucilla Cornell 9. Setting to Work (Transnational Cultural Studies) Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Index

Biography

Osborne, Peter