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Critical Theory A. How

Critical Theory By A. How

Critical Theory by A. How

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Summary

This book examines the intellectual contribution made by Frankfurt School Critical Theory to our understanding of modern life. While the work of the latter is often taken to exceed that of the former, the author suggests that insights gleaned by both, regarding the human subject, offer a significant alternative to post-modern ideas.

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Critical Theory by A. How

This book examines the intellectual contribution made by Frankfurt School Critical Theory to our understanding of modern life. Thematically organized and offering a strong mix of historical and contemporary material, it considers the work of both the first and second generation. While the work of the latter is often taken to exceed that of the former, the author suggests that insights gleaned by both, regarding the human subject, offer a significant alternative to post-modern ideas.

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'How offers something new and valuable. The book's charm flows from the generosity of its authors enthusiasm combined with a near-faultless consideration of the reader's needs. Short enough to be unintimidating yet long enough to deal with the expository demands of technically difficult material... here is a book to excite teachers and students.' - John Parker, University of Wales, Swansea, The Times Higher Education Supplement

About A. How

ALAN HOW is Curriculum Leader for undergraduate sociology and Course Leader for the Masters programme at University College Worcester. His previous book is The Habermas-Gadamer Debate and the Nature of the Social (1995).

Table of Contents

Foreword.-Introduction.-PART 1: HISTORICAL CONTOURSEarly Days, Early Doubts: From Optimism to Ambiguity.-Disillusion and the Rise of the Nietzschean Streak.-The Reconstruction of Critical Theory: From Ideology Critique to Communicative Reason.-PART 2: SUBSTANTIVE IDEAS: THE FIRST GENERATIONRationalisation as Reification.-Critical Theory, the Family and the Narcissistic Personality.-PART 3: SUBSTANTIVE IDEAS: THE SECOND GENERATIONOvercoming the Impasse: Habermas's Reconstruction of Critical Theory.-Critical Theory and Postmodernism.-PART 4: CONCLUSIONWhy Read Critical Theory?.-Further Reading.-Bibliography.

Additional information

GOR005242822
9780333751527
0333751523
Critical Theory by A. How
A. How
Traditions in Social Theory
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2003-08-05
204
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