Description
A wide range of critical theorists is used in the study of international politics, and until now there has been no text that gives concise and accessible introductions to these figures. Critical Theorists and International Relations provides a wide-ranging introduction to thirty-two important theorists whose work has been influential in thinking about global politics.
Each chapter is written by an expert with a detailed knowledge of the theorist concerned, representing a range of approaches under the rubric ‘critical’, including Marxism and post-Marxism, the Frankfurt School, hermeneutics, phenomenology, postcolonialism, feminism, queer theory, poststructuralism, pragmatism, scientific realism, deconstruction and psychoanalysis.
Key features of each chapter include:
- a clear and concise biography of the relevant thinker
- an introduction to their key writings and ideas
- a summary of the ways in which these ideas have influenced and are being used in international relations scholarship
- a list of suggestions for further reading
Written in engaging and accessible prose, Critical Theorists and International Relations is a unique and invaluable resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars of international relations.
Table of Contents
Introduction Jenny Edkins and Nick Vaughan-Williams 1. Theodor Adorno Columba Peoples 2. Giorgio Agamben Nick Vaughan-Williams 3. Hannah Arendt Patricia Owens 4. Alain Badiou Claudia Aradau 5. Jean Baudrillard François Debrix 6. Simone de Beauvoir Kimberly Hutchings 7. Walter Benjamin Angharad Closs Stephens 8. Roy Bhaskar Milja Kurki 9. Pierre Bourdieu Peter Jackson 10. Judith Butler Cristina Masters 11. Gilles Deleuze Robin Durie 12. Jacques Derrida Maja Zehfuss 13. Franz Fanon Himadeep Muppidi 14. Michel Foucault Andrew Neal 15. Sigmund Freud Vanessa Pupavac 16. Antonio Gramsci Mark Rupert 17. Jürgen Habermas Neta Crawford 18. G. W. F. Hegel Ritu Vij 19. Martin Heidegger Louiza Odysseos 20. Immanuel Kant Kimberly Hutchings 21. Julia Kristeva Vivienne Jabri 22. Emmanuel Levinas Elizabeth Dauphinee 23. Karl Marx Milja Kurki 24. Jean-Luc Nancy Martin Coward 25. Friedrich Nietzsche Robin Durie 26. Jacques Rancière Rens van Munster 27. Richard Rorty James Brassett 28. Edward Said Latha Varadarajan 29. Carl Schmitt Louiza Odysseos and Fabio Petito 30. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Catarina Kinnvall 31. Paul Virilo James Der Derian 32. Slavoj Žižek Diane Rubenstein
