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Presents an argument as to how the changes of the late twentieth century have altered Enlightenment notions of "emancipation."

Fascinating study of the relationship between the philosopher and the psychoanalyst by major Slovenian scholar.

Provides appraisals of major writers.

A work, which presents an attack on the thoughts of Derrida, Foucault and Lacan.

Provides an introduction to one of the great Marxist thinkers of the 20th century.

The founding father of cultural theory posits a radical new direction for avant-garde art.

The famous postmodernist thinker turns detective to investigate the murder of reality.

Offers a source of literary modernism in the twentieth century.

Part of "Radical Thinkers" series, this work presents key texts by philosophers and thinkers. It features an autobiography by the founding figure of the Situationist International.

Jameson's classic study of German playwright Bertolt Brecht

Baudrillard sees the power of the terrorists as lying in the symbolism of slaughternot merely the reality of death, but in a sacrifice that challenges the whole system. Where previously the old revolutionary sought to conduct a struggle between real forces in the context of ideology and politics, the new terrorist mounts a powerful symbolic challenge which, when combined with high-tech resources, constitutes an unprecedented assault on an over-sophisticated and vulnerable West. This new edition is up-dated with the essays ';Hypotheses on Terrorism'and ';Violence of the Global.'

"Once again, Lynne Segal cuts through feminist ambivalence about sex with great intelligence, verve, and courage. "Straight Sex" is not only a masterful analysis of sexuality and gender, but a stunning manifesto of sexual liberation."--Barbara Ehrenreich

This wide-ranging book argues that criticism emerged in early bourgeois society as a central feature of a ¿public sphere¿ in which political, ethical, and literary judgements could mingle under the benign rule of reason. The disintegration of this fragile culture brought on a crisis in criticism, whose history since the 18th century has been fraught with ambivalence and anxiety.Eagleton’s account embraces Addison and Steele, Johnson and the 19-century reviewers, such critics as Arnold and Stephen, the heyday of Scrutiny and New Criticism, and finally the proliferation of avant-garde literary theories such as deconstructionism. The Function of Criticism is nothing less than a history and critique of the ¿critical institution¿ itself. Eagleton’s judgements on individual critics are sharp and illuminating, which his general argument raises crucial questions about the relations between language, literature and politics.

Offers an examination of modern warfare in which the reality of battle is reduced to flickering images on a screen.