1st Edition

A Critical Sense Interviews with Intellectuals

Edited By Peter Osborne Copyright 1997
    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    A Critical Sense brings together in a single volume the leading figures of contemporary radical theory. Moving freely between philosophy, politics and cultural studies, it offers a fascinating overview of the lines of thought of today's intellectual left.
    Marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis and critical theory, literary studies, deconstruction, pragmatism, postcolonial and queer theory are discussed in a series of interviews from the journal Radical Philosophy. Those interviewed are:
    Judith Butler
    Cornelius Castoriadis
    Drucilla Cornell
    Axel Honneth
    Istvan Meszaros
    Edward Said
    Renata Salecl
    Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
    Cornel West
    Slavoj Zizek
    For those unfamiliar with the often daunting work of some of today's most important thinkers, ACritical Sense will offer an ideal introduction; for those already acquainted with the writings of the theorists interviewed here, the collection will throw new - and often surprising - light on familiar ground.

    Introduction: A Critical Sense Philosophers, Interviews, Intellectuals Peter Osborne 1. Institution and Autonomy Cornelius Castoriadis 2. Lacan in Slovenia Renata Salecl and Slavoj Zizek Postscript Slavoj Zizek 3. The Legacy of Marx Istvan Meszaros 4. Orientalism and After Edward Said 5. Critical Theory in Germany Today Axel Honneth 6. Gender as Performance Judith Butler 7. American Radicalism Cornel West 8. Feminism, Deconstruction and the Law Drucilla Cornell 9. Setting to Work (Transnational Cultural Studies) Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Index

    Biography

    Osborne, Peter