Philosophy and Post-Structuralist Theory: From Kant to Deleuze (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780748622276)

A critique and overview of contemporary post-structuralist theory.Exploring the Kantian and phenomenological background of Derrida, Deleuze, Foucault and Irigaray, this book raises some key questions and issues in critical theory. Is it still possible to sustain a transcendental critical project? How do such projects fare in the current terrain of cultural studies and anti-representationalism? Key Features* Original contribution to ethical and critical theory.* Situates poststructuralism in its philosophical background, and in the sustained problematic of the enlightenment.* Offers a critique of various appeals made to a would-be post-metaphysical or post-human culture.First published in hardback as Ethics and Representation: From Kant to Post-Structuralism

Author: Claire Colebrook
ISBN-10: 0748622276
ISBN-13: 9780748622276
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2005
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.60d