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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.
Moishe Postone: Marx’s Critique of Political Economy as Immanent Social Critique
Moishe Postone: Marx’s Critique of Political Economy as Immanent Social Critique
Introduction: Reinterpreting Marx
This essay will provide an overview of Moishe Postone’s key work Time, Labor, and Social Domination (1993) that according to its own claim presents a ‘fundamental reinterpretation’ of Marx’s mature economy-critical work, especially the central categories of Capital. In doing so, Postone’s critical reinterpretation relates to the theoretical interests and draws on the conceptual framework of critical theory. Postone’s work must therefore be situated within the tradition of critical theory itself, even if it is precisely Postone’s critical evaluation of some of its positions, developed from his reinterpretation of Marx, that qualifies him as ...
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