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New Directions in Critical Theory


Amy Allen, General Editor

New Directions in Critical Theory presents outstanding classic and contemporary texts in the tradition of critical social theory, broadly construed. The series aims to renew and advance the program of critical social theory, with a particular focus on theorizing contemporary struggles around gender, race, sexuality, class, and globalization and their complex interconnections.

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The Scandal of Reason: A Critical Theory of Political Judgment
Albena Azmanova

Cloth, $50.00 / £34.50 296 pages , March 2012
ISBN: 978-0-231-15380-5


The Right to Justification: Elements of a Constructivist Theory of Justice
Rainer Forst; Translated by Jeffrey Flynn

Cloth, $40.00 / £27.50 368 pages , December 2011
ISBN: 978-0-231-14708-8


Mute Speech: Literature, Critical Theory, and Politics
Jacques Ranciere; Introduction by Gabriel Rockhill and translated by James Swenson

Paper, $27.50 / £19.00 208 pages
ISBN: 978-0-231-15103-0


Cloth, $84.50 / £58.50 208 pages , November 2011
ISBN: 978-0-231-15102-3


Politics of Culture and the Spirit of Critique: Dialogues
Edited by Gabriel Rockhill and Alfredo Gomez-Muller

Paper, $26.50 / £18.50 240 pages
ISBN: 978-0-231-15187-0


Cloth, $79.50 / £55.00 240 pages , March 2011
ISBN: 978-0-231-15186-3


Democracy in What State?
Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, Daniel Bensaid, Wendy Brown, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jacques Ranciere, Kristin Ross, and Slavoj Zizek

Paper, $19.50 / £13.50 144 pages
ISBN: 978-0-231-15299-0


Cloth, $22.50 / £15.50 144 pages , January 2011
ISBN: 978-0-231-15298-3


The Racial Discourses of Life Philosophy: Négritude, Vitalism, and Modernity
Donna V. Jones

Paper, $25.00 / £17.50 240 pages
ISBN: 978-0-231-14549-7


Cloth, $40.00 / £27.50 240 pages , February 2010
ISBN: 978-0-231-14548-0


States Without Nations: Citizenship for Mortals
Jacqueline Stevens

Paper, $26.50 / £18.50 384 pages
ISBN: 978-0-231-14877-1


Cloth, $35.00 / £24.00 384 pages , November 2009
ISBN: 978-0-231-14876-4


Pathologies of Reason: On the Legacy of Critical Theory
Axel Honneth

Cloth, $29.50 / £20.50 236 pages , April 2009
ISBN: 978-0-231-14626-5


Scales of Justice: Reimagining Political Space in a Globalizing World
Nancy Fraser

Paper, $19.50 224 pages
ISBN: 978-0-231-14681-4


Cloth, $29.50 224 pages , January 2009
ISBN: 978-0-231-14680-7


Horrorism: Naming Contemporary Violence
Adriana Cavarero

Paper, $22.50 / £15.50 168 pages
ISBN: 978-0-231-14457-5


Cloth, $29.50 / £20.50 168 pages , November 2008
ISBN: 978-0-231-14456-8