Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers

John Lechte surveys the major thinkers of the post-war era and illuminates the complex thought of each with remarkable clarity. The list of thinkers includes Chomsky, Foucault, Irigaray, Derrida, Bataille, Baudrillard, Adorno and HabermasFifty Key Contemporary Thinkers surveys the most important figures who have influenced post-war thought. The reader is guided through structuralism, semiotics, post-Marxism and Annales history, on to modernity and postmodernity. With its comprehensive biographical and bibliographical information, this book provides a vital reference work of the last fifty years.

Preface Acknowlegements 1. Early Structuralism 2. Structuralism 3. Structural History 4. Post-Structuralist Thought 5. Semiotics 6. Second Generation Feminism 7. Post-marxism 8. Modernity 9. Postmodernity