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...

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Other Authors Dahms, Harry F.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.
SeriesCurrent perspectives in social theory ; v. 28.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780857247988
ISSN0278-1204 ;
DOI10.1108/S0278-1204(2011)28
Physical Description1 online resource (xviii, 352 p.).

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Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1. The early Frankfurt school critique of capitalism : critical theory between Pollock's 'state capitalism' and the critique of instrumental reason / Harry F. Dahms
  • ch. 2. Theory in Weberian Marxism : patterns of critical social theory in Lukács and Habermas / Harry F. Dahms
  • ch. 3. Beyond the carousel of reification : critical social theory after Lukács, Adorno, and Habermas / Harry F. Dahms
  • ch. 4. Globalization or hyper-alienation? : critiques of traditional Marxism as arguments for basic income / Harry F. Dahms
  • ch. 5. Does alienation / Harry F. Dahms
  • ch. 6. How social science is impossible without critical theory : the immersion of mainstream approaches in time and space / Harry F. Dahms.