Critical theory was one of the most vigorous and insightful
intellectual traditions of the twentieth-century. At its core was a
critique of culture and consciousness that stemmed from an insight
into the nature of modern rationality, economic life, and social
organization. Yet, Michael Thompson argues in this highly original
book that the tradition has been domesticated - it no longer offers a
philosophically convincing nor politically viable form of social
critique. Thompson demonstrates that the field has surrendered its
concerns with domination, alienation, and the pathologies of
capitalist modernity and shifted its focus toward neo-Idealist themes.
This new critical theory has turned its back on the insights of the
classical critical theorists. Thompson traces how this shift occurred
and how we can reclaim a genuinely critical critical theory. He goes
on to defend the different aspects of critical theory that can be used
to reformulate a social critique, one that must be brought into
dialogue with contemporary political, social and moral philosophy and
theory in a way that protects the lasting and crucial legacy of
critical theory as a political project.
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ISBN
9781783484324
Publisert
2016
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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