This is: a list of critical theorists.
This is a dynamic list and may never be, able——to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by, adding missing items with reliable sources.
A※
B※
- Gad Barzilai
- Jean Baudrillard
- Zygmunt Bauman
- Regina Becker-Schmidt
- Walter Benjamin
- Lauren Berlant
- Michael Betancourt
- Susan Bordo
- Stephen Bronner
- Wendy Brown
C※
- Albert Camus
- Cornelius Castoriadis
- Wendy Hui Kyong Chun
- Hélène Cixous
- Dana L. Cloud
- Joan Copjec
- Robert W. Cox
- Tommy J. Curry
D※
- Angela Davis
- Hamid Dabashi
- Antonia Darder
- Michel de Certeau
- Manuel DeLanda
- Teresa de Lauretis
- James Der Derian
- Enrique Dussel
E※
F※
- Norman Fairclough
- Andrew Feenberg
- Paul Feyerabend
- Shulamith Firestone
- Mark Fisher (theorist)
- Ramon Flecha
- Nancy Fraser
- Paulo Freire
- Erich Fromm
G※
H※
- Jürgen Habermas
- Byung-Chul Han
- Stuart Hall
- David Halperin
- Donna Haraway
- Michael Hardt
- David Harvey
- Alamgir Hashmi
- Axel Honneth
- bell hooks
- Max Horkheimer
I※
J※
K※
- Kojin Karatani
- Douglas Kellner
- Joe L. Kincheloe
- Otto Kirchheimer
- Siegfried Kracauer
- Julia Kristeva
- Robert Kurz
L※
- Ernesto Laclau
- Edgardo Lander
- Bruno Latour
- Henri Lefebvre
- Alfred Lorenzer
- Leo Löwenthal
- Timothy Luke
M※
N※
O※
P※
R※
S※
- Modjtaba Sadria
- Edward Said
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
- Ljubodrag Simonović
- Barbara Herrnstein Smith
- Ferdinand de Saussure