Series: Blackwell Critical Reader

This Critical Reader provides a new perspective on the work of France's foremost social theorist, Pierre Bourdieu, by examining its philosophical import and promoting a fruitful dialogue between Bourdieu and philosophers in the English-speaking world. The contributors include leading philosophers who critically assess Bourdieu's philosophical theories and their significance from diverse philosophical perspectives to reveal which dimensions of his thought...

The wide range of disciplines represented here enables the volume to stand as a contextualising work in Fanon studies. It contains new original essays on Africana philosophy, the human sciences, dialectical humanism, women of colour studies, neocolonial and postcolonial studies, violence, and tragedy.

Exploring all of the central themes of Wittgenstein's oeuvre, this volume includes discussion of core topics such as meaning and use, rule following, the picture theory of language, and the nature of philosophy. It also contains topics in which Wittgenstein's influence is becoming more apparent, such as intentionality and ethics. The book provides a wide-ranging collection of newly commissioned essays...