Power and Politics in Poststructuralist Thought: New Theories of the Political

Newman, Saul. 2005. Power and Politics in Poststructuralist Thought: New Theories of the Political. Routledge. ISBN 0415364566 [Book]

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This book explores the impact of poststructuralism on contemporary political theory by focussing on problems and issues central to politics today.

Drawing on the theoretical concerns brought to light by the ‘poststructuralist’ thinkers Foucault, Derrida, Lacan, Deleuze and Max Stirner, Newman provides a critical examination of new developments in contemporary political theory: post-Marxism, discourse analysis, new theories of ideology and power, hegemony, radical democracy and psychoanalytic theory. He re-examines the political in light of these developments in theory to suggest new ways of thinking about politics through a reflection on the challenges that confront it.

This volume will be of great interest to students of postmodernism and poststructuralist theory in political science, philosophy, sociology, philosophy and cultural studies.

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Book

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Politics

Date:

2005

Item ID:

1886

Date Deposited:

12 Mar 2009 15:42

Last Modified:

30 Jun 2017 12:21

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/1886

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