03313nam a2200421Ia 4500001001300000003000800013005001700021006001900038007001500057008004100072020006900113040002100182050002100203072001700224072001600241072002300257072002300280072002300303080000800326082001200334245008800346260003700434300003900471490006300510504006400573505072900637520119101366650004902557650003902606650003802645650002702683650002302710650002102733700002002754776001802774830005202792856004702844bslw07579438UtOrBLW20171018091359.0m        d        cr un|||||||||110527s2011    enk     ob    001 0 eng d  a9780857247988 (electronic bk.) :c�72.95 ; �105.95 ; $134.95  aUtOrBLWcUtOrBLW 4aHM585b.V58 2011 7aJHBA2bicssc 7aJHB2bicssc 7aSOC0260002bisacsh 7aSOC0240002bisacsh 7aSOC0000002bisacsh  a31604a30122204aThe vitality of critical theoryh[electronic resource] /cedited by Harry F. Dahms.  aBingley, U.K. :bEmerald,c2011.  a1 online resource (xviii, 352 p.).1 aCurrent perspectives in social theory,x0278-1204 ;vv. 28  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 305-322) and index.0 ach. 1. The early Frankfurt school critique of capitalism : critical theory between Pollock's 'state capitalism' and the critique of instrumental reason / Harry F. Dahms -- ch. 2. Theory in Weberian Marxism : patterns of critical social theory in Luk�acs and Habermas / Harry F. Dahms -- ch. 3. Beyond the carousel of reification : critical social theory after Luk�acs, Adorno, and Habermas / Harry F. Dahms -- ch. 4. Globalization or hyper-alienation? : critiques of traditional Marxism as arguments for basic income / Harry F. Dahms -- ch. 5. Does alienation / Harry F. Dahms -- ch. 6. How social science is impossible without critical theory : the immersion of mainstream approaches in time and space / Harry F. Dahms.  aThe common theme of this volume is that the critical theory of the Frankfurt School is as important today, if not more so, as it was at its inception during the 1930s.It looks at the distinguishing features of this tradition and how it is critical, yet also complementary, of other approaches in the social sciences, especially in sociology. The vanishing point of critical theory is not the replacement of diverse endeavors to illuminate the nature of modern society, rather, its purpose is to bundle overly fragmented perspectives that have been developed in theoretical sociology.Essays included address: the problematic analysis of political economy at the center of the early Frankfurt School, and the subsequent neglect of political economy; the continuing importance of alienation and reification as focal points of critical theory; differences in modes of critical theorizing during the twentieth century (with special emphases on Luk�acs, Adorno, Habermas, and Postone); globalization as an analytical and normative challenge critical theorists are uniquely positioned to confront; and the most problematic feature mainstream approaches in the social sciences have in common. 7aSocial SciencexSociologyxGeneral.2bisacsh 7aSocial SciencexResearch.2bisacsh 7aSocial SciencexGeneral.2bisacsh 7aSocial theory.2bicssc 7aSociology.2bicssc 0aCritical theory.1 aDahms, Harry F.1 z9780857247971 0aCurrent perspectives in social theory ;vv. 28.40uhttp://www.emeraldinsight.com/0278-1204/28