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The domestication of critical theory /

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 tied to instrumental rationality and capitalist economic life. Yet, Michael J. Thompson argues in this highly original book that this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Michael J., 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How critical theory was domesticated
  • The present state of critical theory
  • The rise of neo-idealist critical theory
  • One-dimensional rationality and the limits of pragmatist reason
  • The insufficiency of recognition: a critique of Axel Honneth's concept of critical theory
  • Reconstructing the logic of critical social theory
  • Structure and consciousness: reconsidering the base-superstructure hypothesis
  • System and function: the normative basis of social power
  • Fact and value: the epistemological framework of critical theory
  • Renewing critical philosophy
  • Against the postmetaphysical turn: toward a critical social ontology.