Critical Social Theory - Culture, History, and the Challenge of Difference

Klappentext In this outstanding reinterpretation - and extension - of the Critical Theory tradition, Craig Calhoun surveys the origins, fortunes and prospects of this most influential of theoretical approaches. Moving with ease from the early Frankfurt School to Habermas, to contemporary debates over postmodernism, feminism and nationalism, Calhoun breathes new life into Critical Social Theory, showing how it can learn from the past and contribute to the future.This text surveys the origins, fortunes and prospects of critical social theory, this most influential of theoretical approaches. It covers the early Frankfurt School to Habermas, contemporary debates over postmodernism, feminism and nationalism.

Product details

• Authors: C Calhoun, Craig Calhoun, Craig (New York University) Calhoun
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.07.1995
• EAN: 9781557862884
• ISBN: 978-1-55786-288-4
• No. of pages: 356
• Series: Blackwell Companions to Social; Twentieth Century Social Theory
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories