Of critical theory and its theorists / / Stephen Eric Bonner

• Autore: Bronner Stephen Eric <1949-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2002
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (334 p.)
• Disciplina: 142
• Soggetto topico: Critical theory
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Of Critical Theory and Its Theorists; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: From the First to the Second Edition; 2. Sketching the Lineage: The Critical Method and the Idealist Tradition; 3. Karl Korsch: Western Marxism and the Origins of Critical Theory; 4. Philosophical Anticipations: A Commentary on the "Reification" Essay of Georg Lukács; 5. Utopian Projections: In Honor of Ernst Bloch; 6. Horkheimer's Road; 7. Rescuing the Fragments: On the Messianic Materialism of Walter Benjamin; 8. Political Aesthetics in the 1930s ; 9. Dialectics at a Standstill: A Methodological Inquiry into the Philosophy of Theodor W. Adorno10. Fromm in America; 11. Utopia, Aesthetics, Revolution: Herbert Marcuse and the Radical Imagination; 12. Jürgen Habermas and the Language of Politics; 13. Critical Theory and Civil Society: Political Interests, Private Passions, and the Public Sphere; 14. Points of Departure: Sketches for a Critical Theory with Public Aims; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Of Critical Theory and its Theorists is an intelligent , accessible overview of the entire Critical Theory Tradition, written by one of the leading experts on the subject. Filled with original insights and valuable historical narratives, Of Critical Theory and Its Theorists covers the work of major philosphical thinkers such as Benjamin, Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse and Habermas and revisits the contributions of lesser-known figures such as Karl Korsch and Ernst Bloch. Bronner measures the writing of these theorists against each other, postmodernist philosophers and t
• Titolo autorizzato: Of critical Theory and its theorists
• ISBN: 1-135-32611-8; 1-135-32604-5; 1-299-99791-0; 0-203-95197-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789456703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II