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Power and Politics in Poststructuralist Thought: New Theories of the Political
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Power and Politics in Poststructuralist Thought: New Theories of the Political Hardcover - 2005

by Saul Newman


From the publisher

This book explores the impact of poststructuralism on contemporary political theory by focussing on problems and issues central to politics today.

Drawing on the theoretical concerns brought to light by the 'poststructuralist' thinkers Foucault, Derrida, Lacan, Deleuze and Max Stirner, Newman provides a critical examination of new developments in contemporary political theory: post-Marxism, discourse analysis, new theories of ideology and power, hegemony, radical democracy and psychoanalytic theory. He re-examines the political in light of these developments in theory to suggest new ways of thinking about politics through a reflection on the challenges that confront it.

This volume will be of great interest to students of postmodernism and poststructuralist theory in political science, philosophy, sociology, philosophy and cultural studies.

Details

  • Title Power and Politics in Poststructuralist Thought: New Theories of the Political
  • Author Saul Newman
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 2005-10
  • ISBN 9780415364560 / 0415364566
  • Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.61 in (24.13 x 16.00 x 1.55 cm)
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Critical Theory
  • Library of Congress subjects Political science - Philosophy, Deconstruction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005002570
  • Dewey Decimal Code 320.01

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Citations

  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2006, Page 181

About the author

Saul Newman is a Research Fellow at UWA and a Lecturer in Politics at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. His research focuses on contemporary and Continental political and social theory. He is the author of From Bakunin to Lacan: Anti-authoritarianism and the Dislocation of Power (Lexington 2001).