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The SAGE Handbook of Frankfurt School Critical Theory expounds the development of critical theory from its founding thinkers to its contemporary formulations in an interdisciplinary setting. It maps the terrain of a critical social theory, expounding its distinctive character vis-a-vis alternative theoretical perspectives, exploring its theoretical foundations and developments, conceptualising its subject matters both past and present, and signalling its possible future in a time of great uncertainty. Taking a distinctively theoretical, interdisciplinary, international and contemporary perspective on the topic, this wide-ranging collection of chapters is arranged thematically over three volumes: Volume I: Key Texts and Contributions to a Critical Theory of Society Volume II: Themes Volume III: Contexts This Handbook is essential reading for scholars and students in the field, showcasing the scholarly rigor, intellectual acuteness and negative force of critical social theory, past and present.
Arkadij Gurland: Political Science as Critical Theory
Arkadij Gurland: Political Science as Critical Theory
Biographical Sketch
Arkadij Gurland 1 worked at Max Horkheimer’s Institute of Social Research (ISR) from 1940 to 1945 and had previously contributed to the review sections of its journal Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung. During his years at the ISR, he became an important voice in the controversy within the Frankfurt School group about state capitalism.2 But Gurland’s understanding of critical theory was not focused on the ISR. Before his years with the Frankfurt School in exile, as a translator and political journalist he followed his own independent ideas about Marxist political and social criticism. After he left the ISR, he developed a unique program for a critical political ...
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