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The vitality of critical theory /
The common theme of this volume is that the critical theory of the Frankfurt School is as important today, if not more so, as it was at its inception during the 1930s. It looks at the distinguishing features of this tradition and how it is critical, yet also complementary, of other approaches in the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Bingley UK :
Emerald,
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Current perspectives in social theory ;
v. 28. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The common theme of this volume is that the critical theory of the Frankfurt School is as important today, if not more so, as it was at its inception during the 1930s. It looks at the distinguishing features of this tradition and how it is critical, yet also complementary, of other approaches in the social sciences, especially in sociology. The vanishing point of critical theory is not the replacement of diverse endeavors to illuminate the nature of modern society, rather, its purpose is to bundle overly fragmented perspectives that have been developed in theoretical sociology. Essays included address: the problematic analysis of political economy at the center of the early Frankfurt School, and the subsequent neglect of political economy; the continuing importance of alienation and reification as focal points of critical theory; differences in modes of critical theorizing during the twentieth century (with special emphases on Lukàcs, Adorno, Habermas, and Postone); globalization as an analytical and normative challenge critical theorists are uniquely positioned to confront; and the most problematic feature mainstream approaches in the social sciences have in common. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 327 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-322) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857247988 0857247980 1283123347 9781283123341 9786613123343 661312334X |
| ISSN: | 0278-1204 ; |