Critical theory : current state and future prospects / edited by Peter Uwe Hohendahl & Jaimey Fisher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hohendahl, Peter Uwe, editor.

Fisher, Jaimey, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical theory--Congresses.

Critical theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2001.

Summary:

The retirement of the distinguished philosopher Jürgen Habermas from his chair at the University of Frankfurt signalled an important caesura in the history of Critical Theory: the transition from the Habermasian project, to different forms of inquiry in the work of the next generation. This change-over happens at a time when it has become clear that Habermas's systematic exploration of communicative rationality has reached the point where both its achievements and its limitations had become evident. The essays collected in this volume address the problems connected with this transition, partly by returning to the insights of the first generation (Adorno and Benjamin), partly by focusing on questions raised by Habermas's work. Whatever the difference in the authors' positions, this collection gains its unity through their common interest in the significance and value of Critical Theory today and in its future as a philosophical project.

Contents:

Critical Theory; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Section I. INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. FROM THE ECLIPSE OF REASON TO COMMUNICATIVE RATIONALITY AND BEYOND; Section II. ADORNO AND BENJAMIN; Chapter 2. IS EXPERIENCE STILL IN CRISIS?; Chapter 3. MEGA MELANCHOLIA; Chapter 4. STUMBLING INTO MODERNITY; Chapter 5. AESTHETIC POLITICS TODAY; Section III. IN THE WAKE OFJÜRGEN HABERMAS; Chapter 6. CRITIQUE AND SELF-REFLECTION; Chapter 7. DIALOGICAL RATIONALITY AND THE CRITIQUE OF ABSOLUTE AUTONOMY; Chapter 8. CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE INFORMATION AGE; Chapter 9. BETWEEN RIGHTS AND HOSPITALITY

Chapter 10. A QUESTION OF GROUNDINGSection IV. A CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGE TO CRITICAL THEORY; Chapter 11. CRITICAL THEORY AND SYSTEMS THEORY; Chapter 12. OBSERVATIONS ON OBSERVATIONS; Section V. EPILOGUE; Chapter 13. NORMATIVITY AND ITS LIMITS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-300) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781571812353

1571812350

9781782388562

1782388567