An accessible, higher-level introduction to a key selection of continental European thinkers from Spinoza to Zizek. Covering 'classical' exponents of the tradition such as Hegel and Marx, 'moderns' like Gramsci and Habermas and 'postmoderns' like Lacan and Deleuze, the volume introduces the main ideas of each thinker and reflects on their enduring theoretical relevance. The impressive breadth and contemporary angle make this a unique, up-to-date collection that will be invaluable to students and teaching staff alike.

Autorentext
Editorial Advisory Board Dimitrios Akrivoulis, Department of Balkan Studies, University of Western Macedonia, Macedonia Benjamin Arditt, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, National University of Mexico, Mexico Gordon Babst, Department of Political Science, Chapman University, USA Andrew Barry. Centre for the Study of Invention and Social Process, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK Tony Burns, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, UK Kirsten Campbell, Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK Renato Cristi, Department of Philosophy, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada Glyn Daly, School of Social Sciences, University of Northampton, UK James Der Derian, Watson Insittute for International Studies, Brown University, USA Michael Dillon, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University, UK Timothy Hall, School of Law and Social Sciences, University of East London, UK Timothy Luke, Department of Political Science, Virginia Technological College, USA Bradley MacDonald, Department of Political Science, Colorado State University, USA Keith Spence, College of Social Science, University of Leicester, UK Lasse Thomassen, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Roy T. Tsao, Georgetown University, USA Nathan Widder, Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway, Universityof London, UK Caroline Williams, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Howard Williams, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, UK Ed Wingenbach, Government Department, University of Redlands, USA

Inhalt
Introduction; T.Carver & J.Martin PART 1: 'CLASSICS' Spinoza; C.Williams Kant; H.Williams Hegel; A.Burns Marx; B.Macdonald Nietzsche; G.Babst PART 2:'MODERNS' Heidegger; E.Wingenbach Gadamer; K.Spence Schmitt; R.Cristi Gramsci; J.Martin Lukács; T.Hall Arendt; R.T.Tsao Althusser; B.Arditi Habermas; L.Thomassen PART 3: 'POSTMODERNS' Lacan; K.Campbell Ricoeur; D.Akrivoulis Foucault; A.Barry Derrida; M.Dillon Deleuze; N.Widder Baudrillard; T.Luke Zizek; G.Daly Notes on Contributors