Critical social theory : culture, society, and critique / created by Tim Dant.

By:

Dant, Tim, 1951- [author]

Material type: Text

TextSAGE Publications, 2003Description: 176 pages; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780761954798

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

B809.3 DAN

Contents:

Cover; Contents; ONE Criticism by Theory; TWO Culture as Myth; THREE Work and Non-Work; FOUR The Critique of Everyday Life; FIVE Sex and Sexuality; SIX Art and Entertainment; SEVEN Knowledge, Action and Politics; EIGHT The Idea of a Critical Theory; Bibliography; Index

Summary: Critical theory has left an indelible mark on postwar social thought. But what are the relations between critical theory and 'the cultural turn'? How did critical theory inform later French critical theorists, such as Lefebvre, Barthes and Baudrillard?. This accomplished and accessible book:. - Demonstrates the origins of critical theory in the Marxian analysis of the capitalist mode of production and Freudian psychoanalysis. - Clearly explains the main achievements of critical theory. - Elucidates how critical theory defines culture as a system that constrains and alienates the individual

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Critical theory has left an indelible mark on postwar social thought. But what are the relations between critical theory and 'the cultural turn'? How did critical theory inform later French critical theorists, such as Lefebvre, Barthes and Baudrillard?. This accomplished and accessible book:. - Demonstrates the origins of critical theory in the Marxian analysis of the capitalist mode of production and Freudian psychoanalysis. - Clearly explains the main achievements of critical theory. - Elucidates how critical theory defines culture as a system that constrains and alienates the individual

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