Critical theory : the essential readings

Ingram, David, 1952- (Added Author). Simon-Ingram, Julia, 1961- (Added Author). Ingram, David, 1952- Critical theory and philosophy. (Added Author).

Summary:

"The arrangement of selections in Critical Theory: The Essential Readings parallels the material in Critical Theory and Philosophy, and when read in conjunction with it presents the leading ideas of the Frankfurt School in the most accessible format possible." -- Book Jacket.

Contents:

Philosophy and critical theory / Herbert Marcuse
Why philosophy? / Theodor W. Adorno
Selections from "
Means and Ends"
/ Max Horkheimer
Selections from "
The Concept of Enlightenment"
/ Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer
Society / Theodor W. Adorno
How to look at television / Theodor W. Adorno
Freudian theory and the pattern of fascist propaganda / Theodor W. Adorno
The catastrophe of liberation / Herbert Marcuse
Technology and science as 'ideology' / Jurgen Habermas
On hedonism / Herbert Marcuse
Materialism and morality / Max Horkheimer
Selections from Legitimation Crisis / Jurgen Habermas
Freedom and Freud's theory of instincts / Herbert Marcuse
Selections from "
Traditional and Critical Theory / Max Horkheimer
Knowledge and human interests : a general perspective / Jurgen Habermas
Selections from "
An Alternative Way Out of the Philosophy of the Subject : Communicative Versus Subject-Centered Reason"
/ Jurgen Habermas
What does a legitimation crisis mean today? legitimation problems in late capitalism / Jurgen Habermas
The subject and power / Michel Foucault
Selections from The Postmodern Condition : A Report on Knowledge / Jean-Francois Lyotard
Modernity : an unfinished project / Jurgen Habermas
What's critical about critical theory? / Nancy Fraser
The Utopian dimension in communicative ethics / Seyla Benhabib.

Item details

ISBN: 9781557783530
ISBN: 1557783535
Physical Description: xxxix, 408 pages ; 23 cm.
print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Paragon House, 1992.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Companion volume to: Critical theory and philosophy / David Ingram. 1990.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-408).
Formatted Contents Note:	Philosophy and critical theory / Herbert Marcuse Why philosophy? / Theodor W. Adorno Selections from "Means and Ends" / Max Horkheimer Selections from "The Concept of Enlightenment" / Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer Society / Theodor W. Adorno How to look at television / Theodor W. Adorno Freudian theory and the pattern of fascist propaganda / Theodor W. Adorno The catastrophe of liberation / Herbert Marcuse Technology and science as 'ideology' / Jurgen Habermas On hedonism / Herbert Marcuse Materialism and morality / Max Horkheimer Selections from Legitimation Crisis / Jurgen Habermas Freedom and Freud's theory of instincts / Herbert Marcuse Selections from "Traditional and Critical Theory / Max Horkheimer Knowledge and human interests : a general perspective / Jurgen Habermas Selections from "An Alternative Way Out of the Philosophy of the Subject : Communicative Versus Subject-Centered Reason" / Jurgen Habermas What does a legitimation crisis mean today? legitimation problems in late capitalism / Jurgen Habermas The subject and power / Michel Foucault Selections from The Postmodern Condition : A Report on Knowledge / Jean-Francois Lyotard Modernity : an unfinished project / Jurgen Habermas What's critical about critical theory? / Nancy Fraser The Utopian dimension in communicative ethics / Seyla Benhabib.