Professor Belsey explains the views of recent theorists, including Jean-François Lyotard, Judith Butler and Slavoj Zizek, in order to take issue with their accounts of what it is to be human.
The next introduction in the Ideas in Profile series: a snappy but serious introduction to criticism.
This book traces the key arguments that have led poststructuralists to challenge traditional theories of language and culture. It draws on examples from... Læs mere
This book finds a way through often impenetrable recent theories, exploring key concepts of ideology, subjectivity and representation in the various forms put forward by different 'schools' of theorists.
Professor Belsey explains the views of recent theorists, including Jean-François Lyotard, Judith Butler and Slavoj Zizek, in order to take issue with their accounts of what it is to be human.