Featuring an international team of specialists on the subject, The Edinburgh Companion to Critical Theory provides a comprehensive analysis of the changing role of critical theory in the new century. Taking note of the many new theoretical and socio-political developments in recent years, the volume conclusively demonstrates critical theory's continuing relevance across disciplines ranging from the arts and social sciences through to the hard sciences. Being theoretically informed is not an optional part of study any more, it is a necessary, central part, and The Companion will bring you up...

A companion volume to the already published "A-Z Guide to Modern Literary and Cultural Theorists", this book embraces the social sciences and related areas to identify thinkers who have had a major impact on the development of modern social and political theory.