Author(s): Razmig Keucheyan

Philosophy and Religion

As the crisis of capitalism unfolds, the need for alternatives is felt ever moreintensely. The struggle between radicalmovements and the forces of reaction willbe merciless. A crucial battlefield, wherethe outcome of the crisis will in part bedecided, is that of theory.Over the last twenty-five years, radicalintellectuals across the world haveproduced important and innovative ideas. The endeavour to transform the worldwithout falling into the catastrophic trapsof the past has been a common elementuniting these new approaches.This book aimed at both the generalreader and the specialist offers thefirst global cartography of the expandingintellectual field of critical contemporarythought. More than thirty authors andintellectual currents of every continentare presented in a clear and succinctmanner. A history of critical thoughtin the twentieth and twenty-first centuriesis also provided, helping situate currentthinkers in a broader historical andsociological perspective."