Oxford Dictionary of Critical Theory (2nd edn)

Ian Buchanan

Containing over 750 in-depth entries, this is the most wide-ranging and up-to-date dictionary of critical theory available. This authoritative guide covers the whole range of critical theory, including the Frankfurt school, cultural materialism, cultural studies, gender studies, film studies, literary theory, hermeneutics, historical materialism, and socio-political critical theory. Entries clearly explain complex theoretical discourses such as Marxism, psychoanalysis, structuralism, deconstruction, and postmodernism. There are biographies of hundreds of important figures in the field. This new edition of the dictionary has been updated to extend coverage of diaspora, race and postcolonial theory, and of queer and sexuality studies. Entries are fully cross-referenced and many contain further reading suggestions.