Recognition, Work, Politics
New Directions in French Critical Theory
Edited by Jean-Philippe Deranty, Danielle Petherbridge, John Rundell and Robert Sinnerbrink
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Biographical note
Jean-Philippe Deranty and Robert Sinnerbrink are both in the Department of Philosophy at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; Danielle Petherbridge is in the Department of Philosophy at University College Dublin, Ireland; John Rundell is in Social Theory at The University of Melbourne, Australia.
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Academic libraries, undergraduate and graduate students, academics and specialists in the areas of critical theory, continental philosophy, social theory, cultural studies, comparative literature and political theory.
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