Routledge proudly announces theory4 a new series that presents conciseoverviews of the major theorists written with a particular discipline in mind.Theory is no... » 

Routledge proudly announces theory4 a new series that presents conciseoverviews of the major theorists written with a particular discipline in mind.Theory is now part of every disciplines set of tools these volumes aretailored to the needs of students and scholars in a given field. Focusing onthe great theoretical figures since the end of the nineteenth century eachvolume will contain twenty to thirty entries. Each entry will give the reader abrief description of that thinkers ideas and crucial innovations in light of aspecific discipline along with a highly selected list of recommended primaryand secondary readings.The inaugural volume Theory for Religious Studies will be followed byvolumes in history art film music and other disciplines.Theory for Religious Studies presents the key theoretical influences onreligious studies since the 1960s an essential guide to the figures and ideasanimating religious studies today. Drawing on their complementary knowledge ofEastern and Western religious traditions William Deal and Timothy Beal beginwith four foundational figures Marx Nietzsche Saussure and Freud and goon to provide guided introductions to Althusser Bakhtin Barthes BatailleBaudrillard Benjamin Bourdieu Butler Cixous Deleuze and Guattari DerridaFoucault Gadamer Irigaray Kristeva Lacan Lefebvre Levinas LyotardMerleauPonty Said Spivak White Williams and Zizek. Brisk thoughtful andengaging this will be an essential first volume for anyone at work inreligious studies today. «