Critical theory of legal revolutions : evolutionary perspectives / by Hauke Brunkhorst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brunkhorst, Hauke, author.

Series:

Critical theory and contemporary society.

Critical theory and contemporary society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical theory.

Frankfurt school of sociology.

Social change.

Social conflict.

Social evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (481 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This unique work analyzes the crisis in modern society, building on the ideas of the Frankfurt School thinkers. Emphasizing social evolution and learning processes, it argues that crisis is mediated by social class conflicts and collective learning, the results of which are embodied in constitutional and public law. First, the work outlines a new categorical framework of critical theory in which it is conceived as a theory of crisis. It shows that the Marxist focus on economy and on class struggle is too narrow to deal with the range of social conflicts within modern society, and posits that a crisis of legitimization is at the core of all crises. It then discusses the dialectic of revolutionary and evolutionary developmental processes of modern society and its legal system. This volume in the Critical Theory and Contemporary Society by a leading scholar in the field provides a new approach to critical theory that will appeal to anyone studying political sociology, political theory, and law."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I: THE EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE OF REVOLUTION. Introduction ; I. The Power of the Negative: The Take-off of Social Evolution ; II. Normative Constraints ; III. Constitutions as Evolutionary Universals ; IV. The Evolution of Modern Society ; Conclusion

CHAPTER II: CLASS CONFLICT AND THE CO-EVOLUTION OF COSMOPOLITAN AND NATIONAL STATEHOOD. Introduction ; I. Cosmopolis as an Evolutionary Universal ; II. The Co-Evolution of Cosmopolitan and National Statehood ; III. Functional Differentiation and Social Conflict ; Conclusion

CHAPTER III: LEGAL REVOLUTIONS. Introduction ; I. Papal Revolution ; II. Protestant Revolution ; III. The Atlantic World Revolution ; IV. Egalitarian World Revolution ; Conclusion

EPILOGUE

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441137005

1441137009

9781623564186

1623564182

9781501302121

1501302124

9781441102492

1441102493

OCLC:

1167558394