Critique and Utopia: From Kant to the Frankfurt School

This book envisions a more practical effectiveness of critical theory thru consideration of concrete alternatives that allow for the capability of a gradually transformed and redeemed reality.  Mordacci combines critique with utopia, and inspires new visions in political thought aimed at dismantling structures of domination and constructing a more emancipated version of social life. This text appeals to both students and researchers.    

List of contents

Chapter 1. Transcendental Critique.- Chapter 2. Dialectical Critique.- Chapter 3. Genealogical Critique.- Chapter 4. Messianic Critique.- Chapter 5. New Forms of Critique.- Chapter 6. Rethinking Utopia.- Chapter 7. The Utopian Method as Critique.

Summary

This book envisions a more practical effectiveness of critical theory thru consideration of concrete alternatives that allow for the capability of a gradually transformed and redeemed reality.  Mordacci combines critique with utopia, and inspires new visions in political thought aimed at dismantling structures of domination and constructing a more emancipated version of social life. This text appeals to both students and researchers.    

Product details

• Authors: Roberto Mordacci
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.12.2025
• EAN: 9783032090188
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3209018-8
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 8 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 225 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 128 p.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Philosophy of History, Ethik und Moralphilosophie, Political Philosophy, Critical Theory, Philosophische Traditionen und Denkschulen, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, kantian ethics, the critique of postmodernism, Adorno and political philosophy, Benjamin and political philosophy, Kant and Marcuse, Hegel and critical theory, Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse, The Foundations of Critical Ethics and Politics, Critical Theory and Dystopia, media ethics and philosophy, The Frankfurt School, utopian thought, Nietzsche and critical theory, Critique As Social Practice, Critique and philosophy, Kant and critical theory, Utopia and philosophy