Theory After 'Theory'

What is the future of theory? Have we deconstructed ourselves to death or opened up new avenues? Who will take the place of figures such as Derrida, Deleuze and Foucault?The essays in this collection argue that theory is far from dead, but has gone through a major shift in an attempt to come to terms with the most urgent cultural and political questions of the day.This groundbreaking collection offers an overview of these potential new directions including sections on agency, biopolitics, technology, biophilosophy, the aesthetic and new philosophies. It also considers new theorists such as Agamben, Arendt, Badiou and Rancière. Gathering together some of the top thinkers in the field this volume not only speculates on the fate of theory, but shows the diversity of theory available after poststructuralism and encourages conversation between the divergent strands.Each section is carefully introduced to promote accessibility, placing the essays in their context and staging a comparison between the different but ultimately related ways in which key thinkers are moving beyond poststructuralism.