New Cultural Studies is both an introductory reference work and an original study that explores new directions and territories for cultural studies. It caters to the generation whose whole education has been shaped by theory, and who frequently turn to it as a means to think through some of the issues and current problems in contemporary culture and cultural studies. The book explores the theory's past, present, and most especially future role in cultural studies. It does so by providing an authoritative and accessible guide, for students and teachers alike, covering cultural studies and cultural theory: anti-capitalism, ethics, the post-humanities, post-Marxism, and the transnational.