Critical Theory and Political Possibilities Conceptions of Emancipatory Politics in the Works of Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse, and Habermas

Name: Critical Theory and Political Possibilities Conceptions of Emancipatory Politics in the Works of Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse, and Habermas
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ISBN: 9780313293177

ISBN-10: 0313293171

ISBN-13: 9780313293177

Edition: 1995

Authors: Joan Alway

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Alway examines the works of Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, and Jurgen Habermas to argue the relevance of Critical Theory to contemporary efforts to reconceptualize radical politics. Indeed Alway argues that these theorists anticipate and point to new models of emancipatory politics. Unpacking the complexities of the critical theorists' writings and outlining them in a straightforward manner, Alway identifies the assumptions about human actors and history that inform their analyses of contemporary conditions. The explication of how these background assumptions inform their analyses then allows the author to clarify and assess the critical theorists' positions concerning the…

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List price: $125.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 2/14/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 184
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Introduction


The Marxian Emancipatory Vision and the Problem of Revolutionary Agency Departures from Traditional Marxism


Origins and Development of Critical Theory Dialectic of Enlightenment


The Eclipse of the Emancipatory Vision Horkheimer and Adorno


Despair and Possibility in a Time of Eclipse Marxism Revisited


Marcuse's Search for a Subject Habermas


Reconstructing Critical Theory Reconceptualizing Radical Politics


References


Index