Key Contemporary Concepts by John Lechte
An essential roadmap to the key concepts which frame our understanding of society and culture. From cybernetics to quantum theory, from ideology to power, from aesthetics to mimesis, this book spans a range of disciplines to provide an insight into the current scientific and intellectual state of society.
′A book which all students of the human sciences will find useful, both for its range of engagements and its pedagogic ambitionsThe book is best thought of as a cabinet full of the theoretical curiosities of the modern age, able to be dipped in to and out of at will. And, like a cabinet of curiosities, it is not just a repository of knowledge but, also, in the very best sense, an entertainment. To be read and to be enjoyed.’ Nigel Thrift, University of Bristol
John Lechte is Professor in Sociology at Macquarie University, where he has responsibility for Graduate teaching and research. He has written widely on European philosophy and the image, including the work of Julia Kristeva and Georges Bataille. He has just published a key work on the image, Genealogy and Ontology of the Western Image and its Digital Future (2012), and is currently working on the human and the image. With Saul Newman, he will publish, in 2013, Agamben and the Politics of Human Rights: Statelessness, Images, Violence.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780761965350 |
| ISBN 10 | 0761965351 |
| Title | Key Contemporary Concepts |
| Author | John Lechte |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Year published | 2002-12-18 |
| Number of pages | 222 |
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