Stuart Sim is a literary critic, social critic and

critical theorist A critical theory is any approach to social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to reveal, critique and challenge power structures. With roots in sociology and literary criticism, it argues that social problems stem more from socia ...

currently holding place as professor of

English literature English literature is literature written in the English language from United Kingdom, its crown dependencies, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, and the countries of the former British Empire. ''The Encyclopaedia Britannica'' defines E ...

Northumbria University , mottoeng = A lifetime of learning , established = 1877 - Rutherford College of Technology1969 - Newcastle Polytechnic1992 - gained university status , type = Public , budget = � ...

(School of Arts & Social Sciences). He is known for his researches on

globalization Globalization, or globalisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide. The term ''globalization'' first appeared in the early 20t ...

postmodernism Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or Rhetorical modes, mode of discourseNuyen, A.T., 1992. The Role of Rhetorical Devices in Postmodernist Discourse. Philosophy & Rhetoric, pp.183–194. characterized by philosophical skepticism, skepticis ...

poststructuralism Post-structuralism is a term for philosophical and literary forms of theory that both build upon and reject ideas established by structuralism, the intellectual project that preceded it. Though post-structuralists all present different critiques ...

, postmarxism,

continental philosophy Continental philosophy is a term used to describe some philosophers and philosophical traditions that do not fall under the umbrella of analytic philosophy. However, there is no academic consensus on the definition of continental philosophy. Pri ...

, cultural theory and

critical theory A critical theory is any approach to social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to reveal, critique and challenge power structures. With roots in sociology and literary criticism, it argues that social problems stem more from soci ...

. He has taught in the

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, North-West Region, and also the

University of Sunderland , mottoeng = Sweetly absorbing knowledge , established = 1901 - Sunderland Technical College1969 - Sunderland Polytechnic1992 - University of Sunderland (gained university status) , staff = , chancellor = Emeli ...

and is the author, or editor, of 30 books. Sim has also written numerous journal articles and book chapters and His work has been translated into 17 languages. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 2002. He received his BA and PhD from Manchester University.Books by Stuart Sim
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Selected bibliography

* Post-Marxism: An Intellectual History, London: Routledge, 2000. * Fundamentalist World: The New Dark Age of Dogma, Cambridge: Icon Press, 2004. * The Eighteenth-Century Novel and Contemporary Social Issues, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008. * The End of Modernity: What the Financial & Environmental Crisis Is Really Telling Us, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010. * Melancholy Experience in Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century: Before Depression 1660–1800, Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2011 (with Allan Ingram, Clark Lawlor, Richard Terry, John Baker and Leigh Wetherall-Dickson). * Derrida and the End of History, Cambridge: Icon Press, 1999.

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