PD Dr. Stefan Herbrechter is Reader in Cultural Theory at the Coventry School of Art and Design, Coventry University. He studied English and French at Heidelberg University, and English literature at the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, Cardiff University. He is series editor of Critical Posthumanisms (Rodopi) and author and editor of a number of books on a variety of aspects in English and comparative literature, critical & cultural theory, continental philosophy, cultural and media studies. He is also a translator of cultural theory/philosophy from French into English (Derrida, Cixous, Stiegler). For more details please see http://stefanherbrechter.com.