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Always already
Always already is an adverb, sometimes written “always-already”, common in literary discourse.
Always already is an adverb, sometimes written “always-already”, common in literary discourse.
Anselm Haverkamp
Anselm Haverkamp (born 1943) is a German literary critic.
Anselm Haverkamp (born 1943) is a German literary critic.
Anthony Wilden
Anthony Wilden is a writer, social theorist, college lecturer, and consultant.
Anthony Wilden is a writer, social theorist, college lecturer, and consultant.
Cahiers pour l'Analyse
Cahiers pour l'Analyse was a journal published by a group of young philosophy graduates at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris in the 1960s.
Cahiers pour l'Analyse was a journal published by a group of young philosophy graduates at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris in the 1960s.
Dialogic
The English terms dialogic and dialogism often refer to the concept used by the Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin in his work of literary theory, The Dialogic Imagination.
The English terms dialogic and dialogism often refer to the concept used by the Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin in his work of literary theory, The Dialogic Imagination.
Difference (philosophy)
Difference is a key concept of continental philosophy, denoting the process or set of properties by which one entity is distinguished from another within a relational field or a given conceptual...
Difference is a key concept of continental philosophy, denoting the process or set of properties by which one entity is distinguished from another within a relational field or a given conceptual...
Discontinuity (Postmodernism)
For Michel Foucault (1926-84), discontinuity and continuity reflect the flow of history and the fact that some "things are no longer perceived, described, expressed, characterised, classified, a...
For Michel Foucault (1926-84), discontinuity and continuity reflect the flow of history and the fact that some "things are no longer perceived, described, expressed, characterised, classified, a...
Dispositif
Dispositif is a French word, meaning device.
Dispositif is a French word, meaning device.
Fashionable Nonsense
Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science (ISBN 0-312-20407-8; Impostures Intellectuelles; published in the UK as Intellectual Impostures, ISBN 1-86197...
Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science (ISBN 0-312-20407-8; Impostures Intellectuelles; published in the UK as Intellectual Impostures, ISBN 1-86197...
Field (Bourdieu)
Field is one of the core concepts used by French social scientist Pierre Bourdieu.
Field is one of the core concepts used by French social scientist Pierre Bourdieu.
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (born 24 February 1942) is an Indian literary critic, theorist and a University Professor at Columbia University.
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (born 24 February 1942) is an Indian literary critic, theorist and a University Professor at Columbia University.
Gilles Deleuze
Gilles Deleuze, was a French philosopher who, from the early 1960s until his death, wrote influentially on philosophy, literature, film, and art.
Gilles Deleuze, was a French philosopher who, from the early 1960s until his death, wrote influentially on philosophy, literature, film, and art.
Habitus (sociology)
Habitus is a complex concept, but in its simplest usage could be understood as a structure of the mind characterized by a set of acquired schemata, sensibilities, dispositions and taste.
Habitus is a complex concept, but in its simplest usage could be understood as a structure of the mind characterized by a set of acquired schemata, sensibilities, dispositions and taste.
Henry Jenkins
Henry Jenkins III (born June 4, 1958 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American media scholar and currently a Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts, a joint professorship a...
Henry Jenkins III (born June 4, 1958 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American media scholar and currently a Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts, a joint professorship a...
Interdiscourse
Interdiscourse is the implicit or explicit relations that a discourse has to other discourses.
Interdiscourse is the implicit or explicit relations that a discourse has to other discourses.
Intertextuality
Intertextuality is the shaping of texts' meanings by other texts.
Intertextuality is the shaping of texts' meanings by other texts.
Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida (; ; July 15, 1930 – October 9, 2004) was a French philosopher, born in Algeria.
Jacques Derrida (; ; July 15, 1930 – October 9, 2004) was a French philosopher, born in Algeria.
Jacques Lacan
Jacques Marie Émile Lacan was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who made prominent contributions to psychoanalysis and philosophy, and has been called "the most controversial psycho-analys...
Jacques Marie Émile Lacan was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who made prominent contributions to psychoanalysis and philosophy, and has been called "the most controversial psycho-analys...
James Brusseau
James Brusseau is a philosopher specializing in contemporary Continental Philosophy.
James Brusseau is a philosopher specializing in contemporary Continental Philosophy.
Jean Baudrillard
Jean Baudrillard (27 July 1929 – 6 March 2007) was a French sociologist, philosopher, cultural theorist, political commentator, and photographer.
Jean Baudrillard (27 July 1929 – 6 March 2007) was a French sociologist, philosopher, cultural theorist, political commentator, and photographer.
Jouissance
The term jouissance, in French, denotes "pleasure" or "enjoyment."
The term jouissance, in French, denotes "pleasure" or "enjoyment."
Juan-David Nasio
Juan-David Nasio was born in 1942 in Rosario, Argentina and is a psychoanalyst.
Juan-David Nasio was born in 1942 in Rosario, Argentina and is a psychoanalyst.
Julie Rivkin
Julie H. Rivkin (born in 1952) is an American literary critic and professor of English at Connecticut College since 1982.
Julie H. Rivkin (born in 1952) is an American literary critic and professor of English at Connecticut College since 1982.
Lacanian Ink
Lacanian Ink is a cultural journal based in New York City and founded in the Autumn of 1990 by Josefina Ayerza to provide the American intellectual scene with the theoretical perspective of Euro...
Lacanian Ink is a cultural journal based in New York City and founded in the Autumn of 1990 by Josefina Ayerza to provide the American intellectual scene with the theoretical perspective of Euro...
Lack (manque)
Lack (in French, manque), is, in Lacan's psychoanalytic philosophy, always related to desire.
Lack (in French, manque), is, in Lacan's psychoanalytic philosophy, always related to desire.
Martin A. Hainz
Martin Andreas Hainz (born March 5, 1974, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian philologist, theorist and philosopher.
Martin Andreas Hainz (born March 5, 1974, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian philologist, theorist and philosopher.
McKenzie Wark
McKenzie Wark is an Australian-born writer and scholar.
McKenzie Wark is an Australian-born writer and scholar.
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault, born Paul-Michel Foucault (15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984), was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas.
Michel Foucault, born Paul-Michel Foucault (15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984), was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas.
Name of the Father
The Name-of-the-Father (French Nom du père) is a concept that Jacques Lacan developed over time, beginning in his Seminar The Psychoses (1955–1956).
The Name-of-the-Father (French Nom du père) is a concept that Jacques Lacan developed over time, beginning in his Seminar The Psychoses (1955–1956).
Objet petit a
In the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan, objet petit a stands for the unattainable object of desire.
In the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan, objet petit a stands for the unattainable object of desire.
Post-anarchism
Post-anarchism or postanarchism is the term used to represent anarchist philosophies developed since the 1980s using post-structuralist and postmodernist approaches.
Post-anarchism or postanarchism is the term used to represent anarchist philosophies developed since the 1980s using post-structuralist and postmodernist approaches.
Post-structural feminism
Post-structural feminism is a branch of feminism which uses insights from post-structuralist thought.
Post-structural feminism is a branch of feminism which uses insights from post-structuralist thought.
Post-structural realism
Post-structural realism is the self-described position of Ole Waever, one of the leading figures in the Copenhagen School of security studies.
Post-structural realism is the self-described position of Ole Waever, one of the leading figures in the Copenhagen School of security studies.
Post-structuralism
Post-structuralism is a label formulated by American academics to denote the heterogeneous works of a series of French intellectuals who came to international prominence in the 1970s.
Post-structuralism is a label formulated by American academics to denote the heterogeneous works of a series of French intellectuals who came to international prominence in the 1970s.
Roland Barthes
Roland Gérard Barthes (12 November 1915 – 25 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician.
Roland Gérard Barthes (12 November 1915 – 25 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician.
Roy Ascott
Roy Ascott is a British artist and theorist, who works with cybernetics and telematics.
Roy Ascott is a British artist and theorist, who works with cybernetics and telematics.
Sinthome
The sinthome is a concept introduced by Jacques Lacan in his seminar Le sinthome (1975-76).
The sinthome is a concept introduced by Jacques Lacan in his seminar Le sinthome (1975-76).
Stephen David Ross
Stephen David Ross is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture, and of Comparative Literature at Binghamton University.
Stephen David Ross is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture, and of Comparative Literature at Binghamton University.
The Imaginary (psychoanalysis)
The Imaginary order is one of a triptych of terms in the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan, along with the symbolic and the real.
The Imaginary order is one of a triptych of terms in the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan, along with the symbolic and the real.
The Real
The Real refers to that which is authentic, the unchangeable truth in reference both to being/the Self and the external dimension of experience, also referred to as the infinite and absolute - a...
The Real refers to that which is authentic, the unchangeable truth in reference both to being/the Self and the external dimension of experience, also referred to as the infinite and absolute - a...
The Symbolic
The Symbolic is a part of the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan, part of his attempt 'to distinguish between those elementary registers whose grounding I later put forward in these terms: t...
The Symbolic is a part of the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan, part of his attempt 'to distinguish between those elementary registers whose grounding I later put forward in these terms: t...
Transtextuality
Transtextuality is defined as the "textual transcendence of the text".
Transtextuality is defined as the "textual transcendence of the text".
Viractualism
Joseph Nechvatal (born 1951) is a post-conceptual art digital artist and art theoretician who creates computer-assisted paintings and computer animations, often using custom-created computer vi...
Joseph Nechvatal (born 1951) is a post-conceptual art digital artist and art theoretician who creates computer-assisted paintings and computer animations, often using custom-created computer vi...