Books in the Critical Evaluations in Cultural Theory series

Jacques Lacan (1901-1980) is undoubtedly the central figure of psychoanalysis in the second half of the 20th century. The texts selected here present the entire scope of the Lacan-debate.

Theodor Adorno was a German philosopher, sociologist and musicologist and eventually director of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research. This collection charts the important moments in the international reception of Adorno's thinking, covering a range of disciplines his studies touched upon, including literary criticism, musicology, and more.

No other single author has so commanding a critical presence across so many disciplines within the arts and humanities, in so many national contexts, as Walter Benjamin (1892-1940). This collection includes the most critically important items in the literature, across all cultural-theoretical interests, and from all periods.