Download or read book Palgrave Advances in Continental Political Thought written by T. Carver and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-10-27 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible, higher-level introduction to a key selection of continental European thinkers from Spinoza to Zizek. Covering 'classical' exponents of the tradition such as Hegel and Marx, 'moderns' like Gramsci and Habermas and 'postmoderns' like Lacan and Deleuze, the volume introduces the main ideas of each thinker and reflects on their enduring theoretical relevance. The impressive breadth and contemporary angle make this a unique, up-to-date collection that will be invaluable to students and teaching staff alike.