Description:
Written by experts in their field, this Companion surveys the challenges and provocations raised by the major voices of poststructuralism: Foucault, Deleuze, Derrida, Cixous, Lyotard, Guattari, Kristeva, Irigaray, Barthes and Baudrillard. Thematically organised and clearly written, it will guide students and researchers in philosophy, literature, art, geography, politics, sociology, law, film and cultural studies around the nature and contemporary relevance of poststructuralism.
Brief description: Benoît Dillet is Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), University of Freiburg, Germany. He is co-editor of Technologiques: La Pharmacie de Bernard Stiegler (Cécile Defaut, 2013) and The Edinburgh Companion to Poststructuralism (Edinburgh University Press, 2013; paperback).
Review Quotes: Comprehensive, insightful and up-to-date, The Edinburgh Companion to Poststructuralism is an indispensable volume for anyone researching or teaching in the field. Something that makes this work so engaging is that its contributors do not shy away from taking clear stances on issues pertaining to the figures discussed; but this only serves to lend an air of relevance and urgency to the volume--characteristics often lacking in weighty tomes of this nature... [An] immersive exploration of the many facets of the ongoing event of poststructuralist thought.--Jeff Brown, George Brown College "Philosophy in Review"