Michael J. Thompson

The Domestication of Critical Theory

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Produktbeschreibung

A critique of contemporary critical theory that traces transformative shifts in the discipline during the twentieth century and argues for a reformulation of critical theory in order to ensure the legacy of its political project.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9781783484317
• ISBN-10: 1783484314
• Artikelnr.: 43155674

Autorenporträt

Michael J. Thompson is Professor of Political Science at William Paterson University. He is the author of The Republican Reinvention of Radicalism, The Perversion of Subjectivity: Toward a Critical Theory of Consciousness and The Politics of Inequality (2007). His many edited volumes include The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Theory and Georg Lukács Reconsidered: Critical Essays on Politics, Philosophy, and Aesthetics (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: How Critical Theory was Domesticated
Part I: The Present State of Critical Theory
1. The Rise of Neo-Idealist Critical Theory
2. One-Dimensional Rationality and the Limits of Pragmatist Reason
3. The Insufficiency of Recognition: A Critique of Axel Honneth's Concept of Critical Theory
Part II: Reconstructing the Logic of Critical Social Theory
4. Structure and Consciousness: Reconsidering the Base-Superstructure Hypothesis
5. System and Function: The Normative Basis of Social Power
6. Fact and Value: The Epistemological Framework of Critical Theory
Part III: Renewing Critical Philosophy
7. Against the Postmetaphysical Turn: Toward a Critical Social Ontology
Bibliography
Index