Critical Theory in Critical Times - Transforming the Global Political and Economic Order

In Critical Theory in Critical Times, eleven of the most distinguished critical theorists offer new perspectives on recent crises and transformations of the global political and economic order. Essays from Jürgen Habermas, Seyla Benhabib, Cristina Lafont, Rainer Forst, Wendy Brown, Christoph Menke, Nancy Fraser, Rahel Jaeggi, Amy Allen, Penelope Deutscher, and Charles Mills address pressing issues including international human rights and democratic sovereignty, global neoliberalism, new approaches to the critique of capitalism, critical theory's Eurocentric heritage, and new directions offered by critical race theory and postcolonial studies. Sharpening the conceptual tools of critical theory, the contributors to Critical Theory in Critical Times reveal new ways of expanding the diverse traditions of the Frankfurt School in response to some of the most urgent and important challenges of our times.

About the author

Cristina Lafont ist Professorin für Philosophie an der Northwestern University, Evanston.

Summary

World-renowned specialists in contemporary critical theory address the recent crises and transformations of the global political and economic order

Report

"The collection of essays contained in this volume is impressive and unprecedented in its presentation of the leading figures and themes of contemporary critical theory. It represents the epitome of critical theory as it is currently practiced across different fields of concern." David Ingram, Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago

Product details

• Authors: Penelope Deutscher, Penelope Lafont Deutscher
• Assisted by: Penelope Deutscher (Editor), Deutscher Penelope (Editor), Cristina Lafont (Editor), Lafont Cristina (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2017
• EAN: 9780231181518
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18151-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: New Directions in Critical Theory; New Directions in Critical The; New Directions in Critical Theory; New Directions in Critical Theory (COL)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Philosophy, LAW / Jurisprudence, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Political science and theory, Methods, theory and philosophy of law