Contemporary Critical Theorists: From Lacan to Said 9781474472623

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Contemporary Critical Theorists

Contemporary Critical Theorists From Lacan to Said

Edited by Jon Simons

Edinburgh University Press

©The contributors, 2004, 2006 Edinburgh University Press Ltd 22George Square, Edinburgh Typeset in New Baskerville lw Norman Tilley Graphics, and Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPT Antony Rowe, Eastbourne

Transferred to digital print 2007

A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978 0 7486 1719 7 (hardback) ISBN 978 0 7486 1720 3 (paperback) The right of the contributors to be identified as anthors of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copvrigh t, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Contents

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors

Introduction Jon Simons

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2 Jacques Lacan (1901-81) Yannis Stavralwkis

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3 Emmanuel Levinas (1906-95) Arjuna Weerasooriya

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4 LouisAlthusser (1918-90) Steve Smith

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5 Roland Barthes (1915-80) Andy Stafford and Susan McManus

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6 Jacques Derrida (1930-) Adam Sharman

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7 Lucc Irigaray ( 1932-) Mary Eden

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8 Helene Cixous (1937-) Julia Dobson

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9 Julia Kristeva (1941-) MoyaLloyd

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10 Jean-Fran