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Book SynopsisStates 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. This title looks at the distinguishing features of this tradition and how it is critical, yet also complementary, of other approaches in the social sciences, especially in sociology.
Trade Review'As a unified collection of essays on critical theory, The Vitality of Critical Theory is a tour de force that merits wide readership.' Mark Worrell, Review in Critical Sociology, 1-4, 2014.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Foreword. Introduction. Chapter 1 The Early Frankfurt School Critique of Capitalism: Critical Theory between Pollock's “State Capitalism” and the Critique of Instrumental Reason. Chapter 2 Theory in Weberian Marxism: Patterns of Critical Social Theory in Lukács and Habermas. Chapter 3 Beyond the Carousel of Reification: Critical Social Theory after Lukács, Adorno, and Habermas. Chapter 4 Globalization or Hyper-Alienation? Critiques of Traditional Marxism as Arguments for Basic Income. Chapter 5 Does Alienation. Chapter 6 How Social Science is Impossible without Critical Theory: The Immersion of Mainstream Approaches in Time and Space. References. Index. The Vitality of Critical Theory. Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Copyright page.
