Critical Theory Books

New and Published Books

1. Return Of Reader

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
2. Rewriting English

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
3. Re-Reading English

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Politics of Nothing

   On Sovereignty

   Edited by Clare Monagle, Dimitris Vardoulakis

   This book questions what sovereignty looks like when it is de-ontologised; when the nothingness at the heart of claims to sovereignty is unmasked and laid bare. Drawing on critical thinkers in political theology, such as Schmitt, Agamben, Nancy, Blanchot, Paulhan, The Politics of Nothing asks what...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
5. Textual Poachers

   Television Fans and Participatory Culture, 2nd Edition

   By Henry Jenkins

   The twentieth anniversary edition of Henry Jenkins’s Textual Poachers brings this now-canonical text to a new generation of students interested in the intersections of fandom, participatory culture, popular consumption and media theory. Supplementing the original, classic text is an interview...

   Published November 6th 2012 by Routledge
6. Genealogy and Ontology of the Western Image and its Digital Future

   By John Lechte

   Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies

   With the emerging dominance of digital technology, the time is ripe to reconsider the nature of the image. Some say that there is no longer a phenomenal image, only disembodied information (0-1) waiting to be configured. For photography, this implies that a faith in the principle of an "...

   Published April 2nd 2012 by Routledge
7. Adorno, Habermas and the Search for a Rational Society

   By Deborah Cook

   Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

   Published January 29th 2012 by Routledge
8. Heidegger and the Romantics

   The Literary Invention of Meaning

   By Pol Vandevelde

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

   While there are many books on the romantics, and many books on Heidegger, there has been no book exploring the connection between the two. Pol Vandevelde’s new study forges this important link. Vandevelde begins by analyzing two models that have addressed the interaction between literature and...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
9. Authenticity as an Ethical Ideal

   By Somogy Varga

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Authenticity has become a widespread ethical ideal that represents a way of dealing with normative gaps in contemporary life. This ideal suggests that one should be true to oneself and lead a life expressive of what one takes oneself to be. However, many contemporary thinkers have pointed out that...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
10. Superstructuralism

    Published October 13th 2010 by Routledge