From Neo-Marxism to Democratic Theory - Essays on the Critical Theory of Soviet-type Societies (Hardcover)

The essays in this volume trace an intellectual odyssey, a search for a genuinely critical theory. The book begins with the question of why the Frankfurt School as well as other neo-Marxist and post-Marxist analysts, both in the West and in dissident circles in the East, failed to produce a critical theory of Soviet socialism or to establish a dynamic relationship with contemporary social movements. As the political struggle in Eastern Europe intensified, the author of this book disengaged from his own efforts to reconstruct a critical Marxism. Instead, he attempts a reconstruction of democratic theory based on civil society rather than class categories, and with a critical relevance not only to the transition from state socialism but more generally to the universal goal of emancipation.

General

Imprint:	M.E.Sharpe
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 1993
First published:	1993
Authors:	Andrew Arato
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-87332-882-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies
LSN:	0-87332-882-5
Barcode:	9780873328821

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