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Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction

Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction (2 ed.)  

Stephen Eric Bronner

Print Publication Year: 
Oct 2017
Published Online: 
Oct 2017
eISBN: 
9780190692704
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780190692674.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780190692674
Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction explores the concepts and themes that distinguished critical theory from its more traditional philosophical competitors. Critical ... More
Derrida: A Very Short Introduction

Derrida: A Very Short Introduction  

Simon Glendinning

Print Publication Year: 
Aug 2011
Published Online: 
Sep 2013
eISBN: 
9780191775796
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780192803450.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780192803450
Derrida: A Very Short Introduction explores both the difficulty and significance of the work of Derrida. It explains the theory of deconstruction, presenting Derrida's ... More
Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction

Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction  

Thomas Flynn

Print Publication Year: 
Oct 2006
Published Online: 
Sep 2013
eISBN: 
9780191775932
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780192804280.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780192804280
Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction examines one of the leading philosophical movements of the twentieth century. Focusing on its seven leading figures: Sartre, ... More
Foucault: A Very Short Introduction

Foucault: A Very Short Introduction (2 ed.)  

Gary Gutting

Print Publication Year: 
Sep 2019
Published Online: 
Sep 2019
eISBN: 
9780191868849
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780198830788.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780198830788
Foucault: A Very Short Introduction presents a wide-ranging, but non-systematic exploration of some highlights of Foucault’s life and thought. Beginning with a brief biography ... More
Habermas: A Very Short Introduction

Habermas: A Very Short Introduction  

James Gordon Finlayson

Print Publication Year: 
May 2005
Published Online: 
Sep 2013
eISBN: 
9780191776274
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780192840950.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780192840950
Habermas: A Very Short Introduction provides an overview of Jürgen Habermas's forbiddingly complex philosophy using concrete examples. Habermas is arguably the most influential ... More
Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction

Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction (2 ed.)  

Michael Inwood

Print Publication Year: 
Jan 2019
Published Online: 
Jan 2019
eISBN: 
9780191867095
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780198828662.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780198828662
Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction provides an invaluable guide to the complex and voluminous thought of one of the 20th century’s greatest yet most enigmatic and divisive ... More
Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction

Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction  

Patrick Gardiner

Print Publication Year: 
Feb 2002
Published Online: 
Sep 2013
eISBN: 
9780191775635
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780192802569.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780192802569
Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction shows how Kierkegaard developed his views in emphatic opposition to prevailing opinions. It describes his reaction to the ethical and ... More
Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction

Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction  

Christopher Butler

Print Publication Year: 
Oct 2002
Published Online: 
Sep 2013
eISBN: 
9780191775550
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780192802392.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780192802392
How can postmodernism be defined? Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual ... More
Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction

Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction  

Catherine Belsey

Print Publication Year: 
Aug 2002
Published Online: 
Sep 2013
eISBN: 
9780191775437
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780192801807.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780192801807
Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction traces the key arguments that have led poststructuralists to challenge traditional theories of language and culture. What is ... More
Russell: A Very Short Introduction

Russell: A Very Short Introduction  

A. C. Grayling

Print Publication Year: 
Feb 2002
Published Online: 
Sep 2013
eISBN: 
9780191775659
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780192802583.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780192802583
Russell: A Very Short Introduction provides an account of the life of Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. ... More
Theodor W. Adorno: A Very Short Introduction

Theodor W. Adorno: A Very Short Introduction  

Andrew Bowie

Print Publication Year: 
May 2022
Published Online: 
May 2022
eISBN: 
9780191872228
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780198833864.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780198833864
Adorno: A Very Short Introduction studies the life and work of German philosopher and cultural theorist Theodor Adorno. It explains his most important ideas, and the ... More
Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction

Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction  

A. C. Grayling

Print Publication Year: 
Feb 2001
Published Online: 
Sep 2013
eISBN: 
9780191776656
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780192854117.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780192854117
Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction explains the nature and impact of Wittgenstein's views in terms of twentieth-century analytical philosophy and describes both his early ... More

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