Futures of Critical Theory : Dreams of Difference

This volume attempts to renew and reinvigorate critical theory by extending its range and its intellectual trajectories through strategies of inclusiveness that respect and build on parallel traditions.

The authors reinterpret the work of Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Heidegger in relation to central figures (Kant, Marcuse, Foucault) and themes of critical theory - the critique of modernity, theory of the self and the question concerning technology.

Key chapters address the critical significance of the work of the French theorists Levinas, Deleuze, Derrida, Lyotard, Irigaray and Bourdieu, while other chapters focus on thinkers as diverse as Zizek, Giddens, Said and Guattari and deal with contemporary topics such as cyber-feminism and anti-globalization.