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Description
This book examines the intellectual contribution made by Frankfurt School Critical Theory to our understanding of modern life. Thematically organized and offering a strong mix of historical and contemporary material, it considers the work of both the first and second generation. While the work of the latter is often taken to exceed that of the former, the author suggests that insights gleaned by both, regarding the human subject, offer a significant alternative to post-modern ideas.
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART 1: HISTORICAL CONTOURS
Early Days, Early Doubts: From Optimism to Ambiguity
Disillusion and the Rise of the Nietzschean Streak
The Reconstruction of Critical Theory: From Ideology Critique to Communicative Reason
PART 2: SUBSTANTIVE IDEAS: THE FIRST GENERATION
Rationalisation as Reification
Critical Theory, the Family and the Narcissistic Personality
PART 3: SUBSTANTIVE IDEAS: THE SECOND GENERATION
Overcoming the Impasse: Habermas's Reconstruction of Critical Theory
Critical Theory and Postmodernism
PART 4: CONCLUSION
Why Read Critical Theory?
Further Reading
Bibliography.
Product details
| Published | 05 Aug 2003 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 204 |
| ISBN | 9780333751527 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Series | Traditions in Social Theory |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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