Craig J. Hanks

Refiguring Critical Theory

JYrgen Habermas and the Possibilities of Political Change

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Refiguring Critical Theory offers some thoughts about the nature of democracy and the possibilities of individual and collective self-determination. The text traces theories of the relationship between being and consciousness from Marx through Lukacs and the Frankfurt School to Habermas' recent work The Theory of Communicative Action.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9780761823643
• ISBN-10: 0761823646
• Artikelnr.: 30883714

Autorenporträt

J. Craig Hanks is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Southwest Texas State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 The Origins of the
Theory of Inner Colonization Chapter 4 The Frankfurt School: The Critique
of Instrumental Rationality Chapter 5 Habermas' Initial Reformulation of
Critical Theory Chapter 6 The Colonization of the Lifeworld Chapter 7
Towards a Critical Theory of Habermas Chapter 8 Thinking the Totality:
Habermas and Post-Structuralism Chapter 9 Some Concluding Thoughts:
Salvaging Critical Theory, or the Necessity of Coalitions Chapter 10 Notes
Chapter 11 Bibliography Chapter 12 Index Chapter 13 About the Author