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Critical social theory : culture, society and critique / Tim Dant.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dant, Tim, 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Critical theory.
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : SAGE, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Critical theory has left an indelible mark on postwar social thought. But what are the relations between critical theory and 'the cultural turn'? This text demonstrates the origins of critical theory in the Marxian analysis of the capitalist mode of production and Freudian psychoanalysis.
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-171) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786610538713
- 9780761954781
- 0761954783
- 9781280538711
- 1280538716
- 9781847871190
- 1847871194
- OCLC:
- 294956003
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