The golden age of cultural theory (the product of a decade and a half, from 1965 to 1980) is long past. We are living now in its aftermath, in an age which, having grown rich in the insights of thinkers like Althusser, Barthes and Derrida, has also moved beyond them. What kind of new, fresh thinking does this new era demand? Eagleton concludes that cultural theory must start th...(展开全部)

As heralded everywhere from NPR to the pages of the New York Times Magazine , a new era is underway in our colleges and universities: after a lengthy tenure, the dominance of postmodern theory has come to an end. In this timely and topical book, the legendary Terry Eagleton ("one of [our] best-known public intellectuals."- Boston Globe ) traces the rise and fall of these idea...(展开全部)

As heralded everywhere from NPR to the pages of the New York Times Magazine , a new era is underway in our colleges and universities: after a lengthy tenure, the dominance of postmodern theory has come to an end. In this timely and topical book, the legendary Terry Eagleton ("one of [our] best-known public intellectuals."- Boston Globe ) traces the rise and fall of these idea...(展开全部)

The golden age of cultural theory (the product of a decade and a half, from 1965 to 1980) is long past. We are living now in its aftermath, in an age which, having grown rich in the insights of thinkers like Althusser, Barthes and Derrida, has also moved beyond them. What kind of new, fresh thinking does this new era demand? Eagleton concludes that cultural theory must start th...(展开全部)

Valentine Cunninghama s controversial manifesto asks what will and should happen to reading in the post--theory era.

在今日，高階文化與低階文化的藩籬已經消失，然而，正如同伊格頓的新書所問的：這是否表示我們對「文化」的執迷已經取代了一切？在今天這個什麼都可以的後現代時代裡，我們還有辦法積極地參與政治嗎？當世界有半數的人口每天賴以維生的金額連兩美元都不到時，還可以心安理得地研究《六人行》（Friends）嗎？在今日這種迫切的全球境況中，究竟需要怎樣的新理路？伊格頓的重要著作《文學理論》（Literary Theory）啟發了新一代的文化研究者，並使他成為左派最頂尖的思想家之一。現在，他指出普涵性理論的時代已經結束--並試著找出未來應然的發展方向。細述文化理論從一九六○年代到一九九○年代的興衰，伊格頓追索令文化理論得以誕生的文化與政治因素，檢驗諸如巴特、傅柯、拉岡與克莉絲蒂娃等開創性的理論家如何從邊緣引出性別、權力、性欲與族群等主題。他對文化理論的得失做出誠實的評斷，就...(展开全部)

在今日，高階文化與低階文化的藩籬已經消失，然而，正如同伊格頓的新書所問的：這是否表示我們對「文化」的執迷已經取代了一切？在今天這個什麼都可以的後現代時代裡，我們還有辦法積極地參與政治嗎？當世界有半數的人口每天賴以維生的金額連兩美元都不到時，還可以心安理得地研究《六人行》（Friends）嗎？在今日這種迫切的全球境況中，究竟需要怎樣的新理路？伊格頓的重要著作《文學理論》（Literary Theory）啟發了新一代的文化研究者，並使他成為左派最頂尖的思想家之一。現在，他指出普涵性理論的時代已經結束--並試著找出未來應然的發展方向。細述文化理論從一九六○年代到一九九○年代的興衰，伊格頓追索令文化理論得以誕生的文化與政治因素，檢驗諸如巴特、傅柯、拉岡與克莉絲蒂娃等開創性的理論家如何從邊緣引出性別、權力、性欲與族群等主題。他對文化理論的得失做出誠實的評斷，就...(展开全部)

Political Theory After Deleuze provides an accessible introduction to Deleuze in the field of politics by putting his thought directly into dialogue with contemporary debates in political theory. The book focuses particularly on Deleuze's contribution to emerging debates in political theory. As these developments are a response to the inadequacies many theorists find with tradi...(展开全部)

Actor network theory is a powerful approach which combines the insights of post-structuralism with an analysis of the materials of social life. This controversial and path-breaking volume extends ANT beyond studies of technology, power and organisation to the body, subjectivity, politics, and cultural difference, and puts it into cutting-edge dialogue with feminism, anthropolog...(展开全部)

Since queer theory originated in the early 1990s, its insights and modes of analysis have been taken up by scholars across the humanities and social sciences. In After Sex? prominent contributors to the development of queer studies offer personal reflections on the field's history, accomplishments, potential, and limitations. They consider the purpose of queer theory and the ex...(展开全部)