Contemporary Social Theory

4
Post-structuralism
90
Lacan: the mirror stage and imaginary
94
Lacan’s reformulation of structuralism: language, symbolic 
order and the unconscious
97
After Lacan: Althusser and society as interpellation
99
The screen as mirror: ideologies of visual pleasure
102
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ek: beyond interpellation
104
Appraisal of Lacan
106
Derrida: difference and deconstruction
110
Rereading psychoanalysis: Derrida’s critique of Lacan
114
Appraisal of Derrida
115
Post-structuralism and post-colonial theory: Bhabha’s
The 
Location of Culture
116
Summary points
119
Further questions
120
Further reading
120
Internet links
121
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Theories of Structuration
122
Anthony Giddens: structuration and the practical routines of 
social life
124
Giddens on modernity and the self
131
Giddens, politics and the third way
137
Criticisms of Giddens
140
Pierre Bourdieu: 
habitus
and practical social life
143
Questions of taste: Bourdieu’s
Distinction
147
Criticisms of Bourdieu
148
Summary points
151
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Further questions
152
Further reading
152
Internet links
154
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Contemporary Critical Theory
155
Habermas: the democratization of society
157
The early Habermas: development and decline of the public 
sphere
159
Habermas on capitalism, communication and colonization
163
Emotional imperialism: feminist criticism of Habermas
168
Habermas on globalization and post-national societies
170
Towards deliberative democracy
172
Criticisms of Habermas
174
Honneth: the struggle for recognition
177
Summary points
182
Further questions
183
Further reading
184
Internet links
185