| Critique as Social Practice: Critical Theory and Social Self-Understanding Contributor(s): Celikates, Robin (Author), Van Steenbergen, Naomi (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1786604620 ISBN-13: 9781786604620 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $138.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Critical Theory - Philosophy | Movements - Existentialism - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 142 |
| LCCN: 2018014649 |
| Series: Essex Studies in Contemporary Critical Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.23 lbs) 238 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Can critical theory diagnose ideological delusion and false consciousness from above, or does it have to follow the practices of critique ordinary agents engage in? This book argues that we have to move beyond this dichotomy, which has led to a theoretical impasse. Whilst ordinary agents engage in complex forms of everyday critique, it must remain the task of critical theory to provide analysis and critique of social conditions that obstruct the development of reflexive capacities and of their realization in corresponding practices of critique. Only an approach that is at the same time non-paternalistic, pragmatist, and dialogical as well as critical will be able to realize the emancipatory potential of the Frankfurt School tradition of critical theory in radically changing social circumstances. The translation of this work was funded by Geisteswissenschaften International - Translation Funding for Humanities and Social Sciences from Germany, a joint initiative of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, the German Federal Foreign Office, the collecting society VG WORT and the B rsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Publisher & Booksellers Association) |
Contributor Bio(s): Celikates, Robin: - Robin Celikates is Associate Professor of Political and Social Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |