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# Introducing Critical Theory: A Graphic Guide

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    I would say this book is very useful...
  

*by S***Y on Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2008*

Reading this book is not going to make you an expert on Foucault or Lacan- however, if what you are seeking is an idea as to the spectrum of schools and branches and concerns of "critical theory," or if you're not even terribly sure what "critical theory" IS, then I suggest you pick this book up. When I was just getting started, it really helped me create a "cognitive map" of the field. Basically you get a mapped out schema of the world of critical theory, with a few tantalizing tidbits dropped about some of the thinkers- then it is up to you to go out and get the real books and start reading them. But if you are starting from nothing, and don't even know what you want to read- Donald Rumsfield's "Unknown Unknowns," then start reading this book so you can figure out what your "Known unknowns" are: "I don't know anything about Althusser, but judging on what I read in this book, I now know that I want to study him," etc. I have a few other of the "Introducing" books, and, honestly, the only one I came back to at all frequently was this one. It does not try to "explain" any particular thinker, but to introduce you to a field- I think in this regard I think it is sucessful. It is by no means perfect- for instance, Zizek only gets two teeny little pages- but, again, it is making various "names" available to you, various schools, various strands- Frankfurt school, Deconstruction, Structuralism, Post Marxist, Post Feminist, etc- so that you can go out and get started. I highly recommend this book. I think it is terrific. (Plus the illustrations are great fun!) Critical theory can be a confusing hodge podge of theoretical models- this book will help you on the path.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Good Overview
  

*by T***R on Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2015*

Worth the $5 paid both to clarify and elucidate any potholes in your philosophy education. This series is truly indispensable in today's world, not just for philosophy heads but for reaching out to the rest of society. The low price really is a part of that equation.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A good summary of an very important but annoying train of Western thought
  

*by S***R on Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2018*

This is a good introduction to a train of thought that has transformed Western thought in the social sciences, while at the same time wreaking havoc by fostering a propensity for obfuscatory bloviation (I would us a harsher word, but don't want to risk getting censored). I earned a PhD in ethnomusicology five years ago, but was initially trained in the early 1970s before this trend became fashionable.  I have found that it has become go-to jargon in my field and others, and has important merits.  At the same time, it has become something of a fetish in academia, with scholars strutting about trying to demonstrate who is more socially conscious than whom.  Nevertheless, academics must fortify themselves with this knowledge, if for no other reason but to make an articulate decision to forego using these ideas as the governing paradigm of one's work. To that end, this is a palatable way to ingest this set of idea.  End of rant.

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