Critical Theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt
School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to
diagnose-and, if at all possible, cure-the ills of society,
particularly fascism and capitalism. In this book, Stephen Eric
Bronner provides sketches of leading representatives of the critical
tradition (such as George Luk?cs and Ernst Bloch, Theodor Adorno and
Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse and Jurgen Habermas) as well as many
of its seminal texts and empirical investigations. This _Very Short
Introduction_ sheds light on the cluster of concepts and themes that
set critical theory apart from its more traditional philosophical
competitors. Bronner explains and discusses concepts such as method
and agency, alienation and reification, the culture industry and
repressive tolerance, non-identity and utopia. He argues for the
introduction of new categories and perspectives for illuminating the
obstacles to progressive change and focusing upon hidden
transformative possibilities. Only a critique of critical theory can
render it salient for a new age. That is precisely what this very
short introduction provides.
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ISBN
9780199831852
Publisert
2019
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Oxford University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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