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homa99's review against another edition
4.0
I was one of those people who would be like, "what the f are these people talking about???" whenever I'd here critical theory arguments against things like math, logic, science, etc. from folks at Cornell. Thanks to this book, I see that the whole genre or approach is not a total sham, but rather some of its ideological aggressors (read: students with little understanding of other approaches).
This is a nice visually stimulating way to be introduced to this world, its giants, and the historical progression. The only problem is, sometimes the brief synopses would be written in discipline-specific jargon and warranted more explanation for a layman. But I guess that has been happening surprisingly infrequently given the ground covered. We'll see if anything changes by the end...
Okay, now I'm done, and nothing has changed. I finished it like a month ago and kind of forget all the jargon I learned, but I guess the book will be handy if I ever I need any.
This is a nice visually stimulating way to be introduced to this world, its giants, and the historical progression. The only problem is, sometimes the brief synopses would be written in discipline-specific jargon and warranted more explanation for a layman. But I guess that has been happening surprisingly infrequently given the ground covered. We'll see if anything changes by the end...
Okay, now I'm done, and nothing has changed. I finished it like a month ago and kind of forget all the jargon I learned, but I guess the book will be handy if I ever I need any.
romcm's review
1.0
I don't think this simplifies critical theory, but it's an ok refresher if your understanding is patchy (like mine). It doesn't provide any kind of cohesive or chronological overview. It's just a bunch of disconnected parts. I don't think the pictures add to the text in any way. Compared to Economix, which provides a cohesive overview of a complicated subject in an illustrated format... it's not great.
jamrock's review against another edition
5.0
This was super helpful as a primer although some of the comments here are valid. I am no reading the "Continental Philosophy" book from the same series and I would probably recommend reading them in the reverse order. The format makes it much easier to allow complex theory to have time to sink in so the graphic novel format is great (even if I am more used to Saga, Maus, TWD, etc!)
hareada's review
a bunch of marx-hating losers :| jokes this was a helpful overview, but fr, IT ALL COMES BACK TO MARXISM