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Di Leo  \nBLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC  \nBloomsbury Publishing Plc  \n50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, UK  \n1385 Broadway, New York, NY 10018, USA  \n29 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland  \nBLOOMSBURY, BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC and the Diana logo are trademarks of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc  \nFirst published in Great Britain 2023  \nCopyright © Jeffrey R. Di Leo, 2023  \nJeffrey R. Di Leo has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author of this work.  \nFor legal purposes the Acknowledgments on p. ix constitute an extension of this copyright page.  \nCover design by Annabel Hewitson  \nCover image © miakievy/iStock, texture © Anatolii Kovalov/iStock  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers.  \nBloomsbury Publishing Plc does not have any control over, or responsibility for, any third-party websites referred to or in this book. All internet addresses given in this book were correct at the time of going to press. The author and publisher regret any inconvenience caused if addresses have changed or sites have ceased to exist, but can accept no responsibility for any such changes.  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nA catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.  \nISBN: HB: 978-1-3503-6616-9  \nePDF: 978-1-3503-6613-8  \neBook: 978-1-3503-6614-5  \nTypeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk  \nTo find out more about our authors and [books visit www.bloomsbury.com](books visit www.bloomsbury.com)[ ](books visit www.bloomsbury.com)and sign up for our newsletters.  \nCONTENTS  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix  \nIntroduction 1  \n1 Early Theory 11  \n1.0 Introduction 11  \n1.1 Humanism 12  \n1.2 Rhetoric (or, the Quarrel Between Rhetoric and Philosophy) 17  \n1.3 Hermeneutics 24  \n1.4 Aestheticism 30  \n1.5 New Criticism 33  \n2 Structuralism and Semiotics 41  \n2.0 Introduction 41  \n2.1 Structure of the Sign (or, Saussure and Peirce) 43  \n2.2 Russian Formalism 50  \n2.3 Roland Barthes 56  \n2.4 Claude Lévi-Strauss 61  \n2.5 Narratology 67  \n3 Marxism 73  \n3.0 Introduction 73  \n3.1 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 76  \n3.2 The Adorno–Benjamin Debate 83  \n3.3 Mikhail Bakhtin 91  \n3.4 Louis Althusser 96  \n3.5 Fredric Jameson 102  \n4 Psychoanalytic Theory 109  \n4.0 Introduction 109  \n4.1 Sigmund Freud 112  \n4.2 Jacques Lacan 118  \n4.3 Harold Bloom 124  \nvi CONTENTS  \n4.4 Félix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze 130  \n4.5 Slavoj Žižek 136  \n5 Poststructuralism 143  \n5.0 Introduction 143  \n5.1 Jacques Derrida 147  \n5.2 Julia Kristeva 152  \n5.3 Jean-François Lyotard 157  \n5.4 Jean Baudrillard 163  \n5.5 New Historicism 169  \n6 Feminist Theory 175  \n6.0 Introduction 175  \n6.1 First Wave 179  \n6.2 Second Wave 185  \n6.3 Third Wave and Beyond 192  \n6.4 Hélène Cixous 198  \n6.5 Luce Irigaray 203  \n7 LGBTQ+ Theory 209  \n7.0 Introduction 209  \n7.1 Lesbian and Gay Theory 213  \n7.2 Lesbian Feminism 220  \n7.3 Judith Butler 225  \n7.4 Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick 229  \n7.5 Trans* Theory 235  \n8 Race and Justice 239  \n8.0 Introduction 239  \n8.1 Critical Race Theory 244  \n8.2 Law and Literature 247  \n8.3 Human Rights 250  \n8.4 Intersectionality 255  \n8.5 Subaltern Studies 258  \n9 Biopolitics 261  \n9.0 Introduction 261  \n9.1 Michel Foucault 263  \n9.2 Giorgio Agamben 268  \n9.3 Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri 271  \n9.4 Surveillance Studies 275  \n9.5 Disability Studies 278  \nCONTENTS vii  \n10 Globalization 283  \n10.0 Introduction 283  \n10.1 Postcolonial Theory 285  \n10.2 Border Studies 289  \n10.3 Neoliberalism 292  \n10.4 Translation 295  \n10.5 World Literature and Theory 298  \n11 Ecocriticism 303  \n11.0 Introduction 303  \n11.1 Green Theory 306  \n11.2 Criti","cbCaitBGPgGZWwai","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitBGPgGZWwai","pdf",6579032,473,"English","# Acknowledgments\n# Introduction\n# Early Theory\n## Humanism\n## Rhetoric (or, the Quarrel Between Rhetoric and Philosophy)\n## Hermeneutics\n## Aestheticism\n## New Criticism\n# Structuralism and Semiotics\n## Structure of the Sign (or, Saussure and Peirce)\n## Russian Formalism\n## Roland Barthes\n## Claude Lévi-Strauss\n## Narratology\n# Marxism\n## Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels\n## The Adorno–Benjamin Debate\n## Mikhail Bakhtin\n## Louis Althusser\n## Fredric Jameson\n# Psychoanalytic Theory\n## Sigmund Freud\n## Jacques Lacan\n## Harold Bloom\n## Félix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze\n## Slavoj Žižek\n# Poststructuralism\n## Jacques Derrida\n## Julia Kristeva\n## Jean-François Lyotard\n## Jean Baudrillard\n## New Historicism\n# Feminist Theory\n## First Wave\n## Second Wave\n## Third Wave and Beyond\n## Hélène Cixous\n## Luce Irigaray\n# LGBTQ+ Theory\n## Lesbian and Gay Theory\n## Lesbian Feminism\n## Judith Butler\n## Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick\n## Trans* Theory\n# Race and Justice\n## Critical Race Theory\n## Law and Literature\n## Human Rights\n## Intersectionality\n## Subaltern Studies\n# Biopolitics\n## Michel Foucault\n## Giorgio Agamben\n## Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri\n## Surveillance Studies\n## Disability Studies\n# Globalization\n## Postcolonial Theory\n## Border Studies\n## Neoliberalism\n## Translation\n## World Literature and Theory\n# Ecocriticism\n## Green Theory\n## Critical Climate Change\n## Anthropocene\n## Geocriticism\n## Blue Humanities\n# Posthumanism\n## Cyborg Theory\n## Animal Studies\n## Systems Theory\n## Cognitive Criticism\n## Speculative Realism\n# Affect Studies\n## Queer Affect\n## Materialism\n## Presentism\n## Trauma Theory\n## Holocaust Studies\n# Pop Culture\n## Cultural Studies\n## Media Studies\n## Sound Studies\n## Game Studies\n## Celebrity Studies\n# Against Theory\n## Antitheory\n## Posttheory\n## Object-Oriented Ontology\n## Postcritique\n## New New Criticism\n# Bibliography\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What time span and scope does the overview cover in contemporary theory?\",\"answer\":\"The table of contents moves from early theory (e.g., 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