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Globalization, critique and social theory : diagnoses and challenges /

In recent years, under the impression and the burden of globalization and neoliberalism, debates about the relationship between the theory and practice of progress - including the theory and practice of social critique - have gone through an unexpected and momentous revival, renewal and rejuvenation...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dahms, Harry F. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Current perspectives in social theory ; v. 33.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Editorial Board; List of Contributors; Introduction; References; Part I Elements of a Critical Theory of Globalization; The Task of Critical Theory Today: Rethinking the Critique of Capitalism and its Futures; Abstract; II; III; IV; V; Notes; Acknowledgment; References; Profit Maxims: Capitalism and the Common Sense of Time and Money; Abstract; Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns Grow; The Spirit of Capitalism Goes Global; It's All About ... Benjamin; The Wisdom of Many?; Proverbs and Proletarians; Mixed Messages; The Sense of Common Sense.
  • Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will"Prepare for the Worst"; The Atrophy of Critique; Facing Reality; "Proleticall" Sayings and Lessons for Burghers; Words to the Unwise; A Nudge to the Unwise; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Theorizing Modern Society as an Inverted Reality: How Critical Theory and Indigenous Critiques of Globalization Must Learn From Each Other; Abstract; Setting the Stage: The Exceptionalism of Cold-War Modernity; Indigenous Critiques and Critical Theories: The Invisible Gravity and Power of Societal Contexts.
  • The Problematic Nature of Mainstream Approaches: Theoretical and Methodological ConsiderationsSocial Science as Social Construction (Jalata); Critical Theory versus Mainstream Social Science (Dahms); Global Capitalism and Mainstream Political and Social Theory; Globalization and Global Civilization from an Indigenous Perspective; Combining Critical and Indigenous Theories and Forms of Knowledge; From Unjust Globalization to a Just and Egalitarian World Order; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Part II Contributions of Critique to Social Theory.
  • The Neo-Idealist Paradigm Shift in Contemporary Critical TheoryAbstract; Introduction; Two Paradigms of Critical Theory; Social Action without Social Structure: The Neo-Idealist Premise; Constitutive Power and the Shaping of Norms; Neo-Idealist Theory and the Persistence of Social Domination; Critical Theory as a Political Project; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Toward a Critical Ontology of the Social: Hegel, Lukács, and the Challenge of Mediation; Abstract; Positivism, Truth, and Critique; Neoliberal Homogenization.
  • Reading Hegel through Lukács: Socio-Ontological Determination of the PresentThe Commodity Form; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Critical Theory and Practice: Bridging the Global and the Personal. A Lecture; Abstract; Notes; References; Call for a New Social Theory: Re-Igniting Radical Imagination; Abstract; On End Times; Uncovering Signs of the Future; The Cultivation of Fantasy; Stepping Back for Perspective; Notes; References; Part III Critical Applications.