Critical theory and social pathology : The Frankfurt School beyond recognition /

Axel Honneth's critical theory of recognition has failed the Frankfurt School. A new social-theoretical foundation is urgently needed. As this book argues, Herbert Marcuse and Erich Fromm are crucial allies in this task.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, Neal, 1992- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester, England : Manchester University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Honneth, Axel, > 1949-
Marcuse, Herbert, > 1898-1979
Fromm, Erich, > 1900-1980
Critical theory.
Frankfurt school of sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Critical theory andsocial pathology
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: on the battle for critical theory
  • Social pathology and the crisis of critical theory
  • Social pathology: the 'explosive charge' of critical theory
  • Distorted by recognition
  • Pathologies of recognition
  • Foundations of pathology diagnosing critique
  • Rousseau and the foundations of pathology diagnosing social criticism
  • Hegelian-Marxism: pathologies of reason, pathologies of production
  • A Fromm-Marcuse synthesis
  • Erich Fromm and pathological normalcy
  • The pathological normalcy of what? Towards a Fromm-Marcuse synthesis
  • References
  • Index

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