Peter Sedgwick and Andrew Edgar are both lecturers at the University of Wales, Cardiff. They are the authors of Key Concepts in Cultural Theory, also published by Routledge.

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• Chapter 1 ADORNO, THEODOR WIESENGRUND (1903–1969); Chapter 2 ALTHUSSER, LOUIS (1918–1990); Chapter 3 ARENDT, HANNAH (1906–1975); Chapter 4 ARISTOTLE (384–322 BC); Chapter 5 ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822–1888); Chapter 6 BAKHTIN, MIKHAIL (1895–1975); Chapter 7 BARTHES, ROLAND (1915–1980); Chapter 8 BATAILLE, GEORGES (1897–1962); Chapter 9 BAUDRILLARD, JEAN (1929– ); Chapter 10 BENEDICT, RUTH (1887–1948); Chapter 11 BENJAMIN, WALTER (1892–1940); Chapter 12 BLOCH, ERNST (1885–1977); Chapter 13 BOURDIEU, PIERRE (1930– ); Chapter 14 BRECHT, BERTOLT (1898–1956); Chapter 15 CASTORIADIS, CORNELIUS (1922–1997); Chapter 16 CHOMSKY, NOAM (1928– ); Chapter 17 CIXOUS, HÉLÈNE (1937– ); Chapter 18 DELEUZE, GILLES (1925–1995) AND GUATTARI, FÉLIX (1936–1992); Chapter 19 DE MAN, PAUL (1919–1983); Chapter 20 DERRIDA, JACQUES (1930– ); Chapter 21 DESCARTES, RENÉ (1596–1650); Chapter 22 DEWEY, JOHN (1859–1952); Chapter 23 DURKHEIM, EMILE (1858–1917); Chapter 24 ECO, UMBERTO (1932– ); Chapter 25 ELIAS, NORBERT (1897–1990); Chapter 26 FANON, FRANTZ (1925–1961); Chapter 27 FOUCAULT, MICHEL (1926–1984); Chapter 28 FREUD, SIGMUND (1856–1939); Chapter 29 GADAMER, HANS-GEORG (1900– ); Chapter 30 GEERTZ, CLIFFORD (1926– ); Chapter 31 GIDDENS, ANTHONY (1938– ); Chapter 32 GOFFMAN, ERVING (1922–1982); Chapter 33 GRAMSCI, ANTONIO (1891–1937); Chapter 34 HABERMAS, JÜRGEN (1929– ); Chapter 35 HALL, STUART (1932– ); Chapter 36 HEGEL, GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH (1770–1831); Chapter 37 HEIDEGGER, MARTIN (1889–1976); Chapter 38 HOGGART, RICHARD (1918– ); Chapter 39 HORKHEIMER, MAX (1895–1973); Chapter 40 HUME, DAVID (1711–1776); Chapter 41 HUSSERL, EDMUND (1859–1938); Chapter 42 IRIGARAY, LUCE (1932– ); Chapter 43 JAKOBSON, ROMAN (1896–1982); Chapter 44 JAMES, C. L. R. (CYRIL LIONEL ROBERT) (1901–1989); Chapter 45 JAMESON, FREDRIC (1934– ); Chapter 46 JUNG, CARL GUSTAV (1875–1961); Chapter 47 KANT, IMMANUEL (1724-1804); Chapter 48 KRISTEVA, JULIA (1941– ); Chapter 49 KUHN, THOMAS S. (1922–1996); Chapter 50 LACAN, JACQUES (1901–1981); Chapter 51 LEAVIS, F. R. (1895–1978); Chapter 52 LE CORBUSIER (1887–1965); Chapter 53 LE DOEUFF, MICHÈLE (1948– ); Chapter 54 LÉVINAS, EMMANUEL (1906–1995); Chapter 55 LÉVI-STRAUSS, CLAUDE (1908– ); Chapter 56 LUKÁCS, GYORGY (1885–1971); Chapter 57 LYOTARD, JEAN-FRANÇOIS (1925–1998); Chapter 58 MACINTYRE, ALASDAIR (1929– ); Chapter 59 MALRAUX, ANDRÉ (1901–1976); Chapter 60 MARX, KARL (1818–1883); Chapter 61 MAUSS, MARCEL (1872–1950); Chapter 62 MERLEAU-PONTY, MAURICE (1907–1961); Chapter 63 MILL, JOHN STUART (1806–1873); Chapter 64 NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH (1844–1900); Chapter 65 NUSSBAUM, MARTHA C. (1947– ); Chapter 66 OAKESHOTT, MICHAEL (1901–1990); Chapter 67 PARSONS, TALCOTT (1902–1979); Chapter 68 PEIRCE, CHARLES SANDERS (1839–1914); Chapter 69 PLATO (c.428–c.348 BC); Chapter 70 POPPER, KARL (1902–1994); Chapter 71 RAWLS, JOHN (1921– ); Chapter 72 RICOEUR, PAUL (1913– ); Chapter 73 RORTY, RICHARD (1931– ); Chapter 74 ROSE, GILLIAN (1947–1995); Chapter 75 ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES (1712–1778); Chapter 76 SAID, EDWARD (1935– ); Chapter 77 SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL (1905–1980); Chapter 78 SAUSSURE, FERDINAND DE (1857–1913); Chapter 79 SCHUTZ, ALFRED (1899–1959); Chapter 80 SIMMEL, GEORG (1858–1918); Chapter 81 SKINNER, B. F. (BURRHUS FREDERIC) (1904–1990); Chapter 82 SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790); Chapter 83 SONTAG, SUSAN (1933– ); Chapter 84 TAYLOR, CHARLES (1931– ); Chapter 85 WEBER, MAX (1864–1920); Chapter 86 WILLIAMS, RAYMOND (1921–1988); Chapter 87 WITTGENSTEIN, LUDWIG (1889–1951);