The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Theory

by Michael J. Thompson (Editor)

I. The Hegelian-Marxist Roots of Critical Theory1. Stephen Eric Critical History, Reflection, Praxis2. Chad Marx's Influence on the Early Frankfurt School3. Konstantinos Lukács's Theory of Reification and the Tradition of Critical Theory4. Omar Totality, Reason, The Importance of Hegel for Critical Theory from Lukács to Honneth5. Andrew Why Students of the Frankfurt School Need to Read LukacsII. Critique, Epistemology and the Aims of Social Research6. Moishe Critical Theory and the Historical Transformations of Capitalist Modernity7. Harry Critical Theory as Radical Comparative-Historical Research8. Gregory The Frankfurt School and the Critique of Instrumental Reason9. David Materialism in Critical Marx and the Early Horkheimer10. Michael J. Critique As the Epistemic Framework of the Critical Social Sciences

III. The Sociology of Culture and Critical Aesthetics11. Christoph Theories of Culture in the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory12. James On Adorno's Aesthetic Theory13. Max Art and the Concept of Autonomy in Adorno's Critique of Kant14. Gerhard Judging by Refraining from The Artwork and Its Einordnung15. Dirk Critical Theory and the Aesthetic Conditions for Revolution 16. Nathan What Does It Mean to be Critical? On Literary and Social Critique in Walter Benjamin IV. Critical Social Psychology and the Study of Authoritarianism17. David N. Theory and Class Consciousness18. C. Fred The Frankfurt School, Authority, and the Psychoanalysis of Utopia19. Lauren Culture, Character and The Social Psychology of the Frankfurt School20. Mark P. The Critical Theory of Sadomasochism and Authoritarianism21. Neil The Fromm-Marcuse Debate Reformulating the Critical Theory of the Authoritarian CharacterV. Ethics, Communication and Recognition22. Titus The Metaethics of Critical Theories23. Barbara Collective Agency and A Critical Theory Perspective24. Heikki Ikä Recognition, Identity and Subjectivity25. Spiros Recognition, Social Systems and Critical Theory26. Mariana The Sociological Roots and Deficits of Axel Honneth's Theory of Recognition 27. Espen Experience and Toward a New Paradigm of Critical Theory28. Lars Critical Theory of Human Rights 29. Robert J. Immanent Critique and the Exhaustion Neoliberalism and History's Vicissitudes30. David Critical Theory and Global Development31. Arnold The New Sensibility, Intersectionality, and Democratic the Future of Critical Theory

Genres: Philosophy

760 pages, Paperback

Published January 25, 2017