Critical theory : a very short introduction /

Critical theory : a very short introduction /

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Author / Creator:	Bronner, Stephen Eric, 1949- author.
Edition:	Second edition.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Description:	xx, 140 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Very short introductions ; 263 Very short introductions ; 263.
Subject:	Critical theory. Critical theory.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11728271

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ISBN:	9780190692674 0190692677 9780190692698 9780190692681 9780190692704
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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. In this newly updated second edition, Bronner targets new academic interests, broadens his argument, and adapts it to a global society amid the resurgence of right-wing politics and neo-fascist movements."--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Online version: Bronner, Stephen Eric, 1949- Critical theory. 2nd Edition. New York : Oxford University Press, [2017] 9780190692681

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