Critical Theory A Very Short Introduction 1st Edition by Stephen Eric Bronner 9780199831852 0199831858

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ISBN 10: 0199831858
ISBN 13: 9780199831852 
Author: Stephen Eric Bronner

Critical Theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose-and, if at all possible, cure-the ills of society, particularly fascism and capitalism. In this book, Stephen Eric Bronner provides sketches of leading representatives of the critical tradition (such as George Lukács and Ernst Bloch, Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse and Jurgen Habermas) as well as many of its seminal texts and empirical investigations. This Very Short Introduction sheds light on the cluster of concepts and themes that set critical theory apart from its more traditional philosophical competitors. Bronner explains and discusses concepts such as method and agency, alienation and reification, the culture industry and repressive tolerance, non-identity and utopia. He argues for the introduction of new categories and perspectives for illuminating the obstacles to progressive change and focusing upon hidden transformative possibilities. Only a critique of critical theory can render it salient for a new age. That is precisely what this very short introduction provides.

Critical Theory A Very Short Introduction 1st Table of contents:

1. The Frankfurt School
2. A matter of method
3. Alienation and reification
4.  Enlightened illusions
5.  The utopian laboratory
6. The happy consciousness
7.  The great refusal
8.  From resignation to renewal

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