Product Description

The last few decades have seen a veritable explosion in the production of critical theory. Deconstructionists, poststructuralists, postmodernists, second-wave feminists, new historicists, cultural materialists, postcolonialists, black critics and queer theorists, among a host of others, all vie for our attention. Introducing Critical Theory provides a route through this jungle. It puts into context recent developments by situating them within the longer-term tradition of critical analysis - back to the rise of Marxism. Special attention is paid to recurrent themes and concerns that have preoccupied a century of critical theoretical activity.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #473879 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-08
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Customer Reviews

Critical theory - now with pictures!
If you have struggled to understand Critical Theory - and who hasn't - then this book is a great first step.
It explains the basics of this all-encompassing, and sometimes seemingly impenetrable theory - but it uses illustrations to do it!
There are plenty of words as well - of course - but the illustrations certainly seem to make the learning easier!
If you are a visual learner - like me - it's great, and I suspect if you are any other kind of learner you will get something out of it as well.