Contested Knowledge - by John Phillips (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This accessible and wide-ranging introduction to critical theory provides a comprehensive overview of the practice, role, and importance of theory across the humanities and social sciences. It not only maps a notoriously complex area, but it also enables the reader to take the arguments and apply them in practice. Starting with an explanation of how theory relies on implicit assumptions that inform interpretations, the book moves on to depict the long-term philosophical problems that have fed into much 20th century thinking and also more recent debates. The philosophical grounds of contemporary thought are traced from Plato through Descartes to the work of Heidegger and Freud and on to recent developments in structuralism and deconstruction that critically revise many of the previous terms of debate.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"The great advantage of Contested Knowledge is that it is a genuinely critical guide to critical theory. Phillips explores theory since Kant, and is himself prepared to be appropriately critical of it. Yet he neither excludes those with no knowledge of theory or alienates those already familiar with its fundamentals. Contested Knowledge is thus a text which deserves to be strongly recommended." --<i>Macdonald Daly, University of Nottingham</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>John Phillips is a senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore.<br>John Phillips is a senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore.</p>
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