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Critical Theory for Library and Information Science: Exploring the Social from Across the Disciplines(Library and Information Science Text)

Critical Theory for Library and Information Science: Exploring the Social from Across the Disciplines(Library and Information Science Text)

          
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This text provides an overview of major critical theorists from across disciplines—including the humanities, social sciences, and education—that discusses the importance of these critical perspectives for the advancement of LIS research and scholarship. The practical application of library and information science is based upon 75 years of critical theory and thought. Therefore, it is essential for students and faculty in LIS to be familiar with the work of a wide range of critical theorists. The aim of Critical Theory for Library and Information Science: Exploring the Social from Across the Disciplines is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the critical theorists important to the LIS audience, and to give insights into how such theory can be incorporated into actual LIS research and practice. This book consists of chapters on individual critical theorists ranging from Aglietta to Habermas to Spivak, written by an international group of library and information science scholars. Each chapter provides an overview of the theoretical stance and contributions of the theorist, as well as relevant critical commentary. This book will be particularly valuable as a reference text of core readings for those pursuing doctoral or masters level degrees in LIS.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Necessity for Theoretically Informed Critique in Library and Information Science (LIS) Gloria Leckie and John Buschman 1. Michel Aglietta and Regulation Theory Siobhan Stevenson 2. Roland Barthes: On Semiology and Taxonomy Hans Dam Christensen 3. Roy Bhaskar's Critical Realism John M. Budd 4. Social Capital, Symbolic Violence, and Fields of Cultural Production: Pierre Bourdieu and Library and Information Science Lisa Hussey 5. Beyond a Signpost for Resistance: The Promise of Michel de Certeau's Practices of Everyday Life for LIS Scholarship Paulette Rothbauer 6. Michel Foucault: Discourse, Power/Knowledge, and the Battle for Truth Michael R. Olsson 7. Deconstructing the Library with Jacques Derrida: Creating Space for the "Other" in Bibliographic Description and Classification Joseph Deodato 8. Transformative Library Pedagogy and Community-Based Libraries: A Freirean Perspective Martina Riedler and Mustafa Yunus Eryaman 9. Psychoanalysis as Critique in the Works of Freud, Lacan, and Deleuze and Guattari Ronald E. Day and Andrew J. Lau 10. Anthony Giddens' Influence on Library and Information Science Howard Rosenbaum 11. The Public Library as a Space for Democratic Empowerment: Henry Giroux, Radical Democracy, and Border Pedagogy Mustafa Yunus Eryaman 12. Hegemony, Historic Blocs, and Capitalism: Antonio Gramsci in Library and Information Science Douglas Raber 13. The Social as Fundamental and a Source of the Critical: Jürgen Habermas John E. Buschman 14. Martin Heidegger's Critique of Informational Modernity Ronald E. Day 15. Bruno Latour: Documenting Human and Nonhuman Associations Will Wheeler 16. Jean Lave's Practice Theory Sanna Talja 17. Henri Lefebvre and Spatial Dialectics Gloria J. Leckie and Lisa M. Given 18. Herbert Marcuse: Liberation, Utopia, and Revolution Ajit Pyati 19. Chantal Mouffe's Theory of Agonistic Pluralism and Its Relevance for Library and Information Science Research Joacim Hansson 20. Antonio Negri on Information, Empire, and Commonwealth Nick Dyer-Witheford 21. Ferdinand de Saussure: Duality Paul Solomon 22. Investigating the Textually Mediated Work of Institutions: Dorothy E. Smith's Sociology for People Rosamund K. Stooke 23. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: Deconstructionist, Marxist, Feminist, Postcolonialist Hope A. Olson and Melodie J. Fox Index About the Editors and Contributors


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781591589389
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc
  • Depth: 25
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 348
  • Series Title: Library and Information Science Text
  • Sub Title: Exploring the Social from Across the Disciplines
  • Width: 178 mm
  • ISBN-10: 159158938X
  • Publisher Date: 26 Jul 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: 1
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 725 gr


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