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There are various forms of suffering that are best described as
social suffering, such as stress, harassment, experience of poverty
and domination. Such suffering is a matter of social concern, but
it is rarely a matter of discussion in the social sciences,
political theory or philosophy. This book aims to change this by
making social suffering central to an interdisciplinary critical
theory of society. The author advances the various contemporary
debates about social suffering, connecting their epistemological
and political stakes. He provides tools for recasting these
debates, constructs a consistent conception of social suffering,
and thereby equips us with a better understanding of our social
world, and more accurate models of social critique. The book
contributes to contemporary debates about social suffering in
sociology, social psychology, political theory and philosophy.
Renault argues that social suffering should be taken seriously in
social theory as well as in social critique and provides a
systematic account of the ways in which social suffering could be
conceptualised. He goes on to inquire into the political uses of
references to social suffering, surveys contemporary controversies
in the social sciences, and distinguishes between economical,
socio-medical, sociological, and psychoanalytic approaches, before
proposing an integrative model and discussing the implications for
social critique. He claims that the notion of social suffering
captures some of the most specific features of the contemporary
social question and that the most appropriate approach to social
suffering is that of an interdisciplinary critical theory of
society.
There are various forms of suffering that are best described as
social suffering, such as stress, harassment, experience of poverty
and domination. Such suffering is a matter of social concern, but
it is rarely a matter of discussion in the social sciences,
political theory or philosophy. This book aims to change this by
making social suffering central to an interdisciplinary critical
theory of society. The author advances the various contemporary
debates about social suffering, connecting their epistemological
and political stakes. He provides tools for recasting these
debates, constructs a consistent conception of social suffering,
and thereby equips us with a better understanding of our social
world, and more accurate models of social critique. The book
contributes to contemporary debates about social suffering in
sociology, social psychology, political theory and philosophy.
Renault argues that social suffering should be taken seriously in
social theory as well as in social critique and provides a
systematic account of the ways in which social suffering could be
conceptualised. He goes on to inquire into the political uses of
references to social suffering, surveys contemporary controversies
in the social sciences, and distinguishes between economical,
socio-medical, sociological, and psychoanalytic approaches, before
proposing an integrative model and discussing the implications for
social critique. He claims that the notion of social suffering
captures some of the most specific features of the contemporary
social question and that the most appropriate approach to social
suffering is that of an interdisciplinary critical theory of
society.
From John Maynard Keynes's prediction of a fifteen-hour workweek to
present-day speculation about automation, we have not stopped
forecasting the end of work. Critical theory and political
philosophy have turned their attention away from the workplace to
focus on other realms of domination and emancipation. But far from
coming to an end, work continues to occupy a central place in our
lives. This is not only because of the amount of time people spend
on the job. Many of our deepest hopes and fears are bound up in our
labor-what jobs we perform, how we relate to others, how we might
flourish. The Return of Work in Critical Theory presents a bold new
account of the human significance of work and the human costs of
contemporary forms of work organization. A collaboration among
experts in philosophy, social theory, and clinical psychology, it
brings together empirical research with incisive analysis of the
political stakes of contemporary work. The Return of Work in
Critical Theory begins by looking in detail at the ways in which
work today fails to meet our expectations. It then sketches a
phenomenological description of work and examines the normative
premises that underlie the experience of work. Finally, it puts
forward a novel conception of work that can renew critical theory's
engagement with work and point toward possibilities for
transformation. Inspired by Max Horkheimer's vision of critical
theory as empirically informed reflection on the sources of social
suffering with emancipatory intent, The Return of Work in Critical
Theory is a lucid diagnosis of the malaise and pathologies of
contemporary work that proposes powerful remedies.
In The Experience of Injustice, the French philosopher Emmanuel
Renault opens an important new chapter in critical theory. He
brings together political theory, critical social science, and a
keen sense of the power of popular movements to offer a forceful
vision of social justice. Questioning normative political
philosophy's conception of justice, Renault gives an account of
injustice as the denial of recognition, placing the experience of
social suffering at the heart of contemporary critical theory.
Inspired by Axel Honneth, Renault argues that a radicalized version
of Honneth's ethics of recognition can provide a systematic
alternative to the liberal-democratic projects of such thinkers as
Rawls and Habermas. Renault reformulates Honneth's theory as a
framework founded on experiences of injustice. He develops a
complex, psychoanalytically rich account of suffering,
disaffiliation, and identity loss to explain these experiences as
denials of recognition, linking everyday injustice to a robust
defense of the politicization of identity in social struggles.
Engaging contemporary French and German critical theory alongside
interdisciplinary tools from sociology, psychoanalysis, socialist
political theory, social-movement theory, and philosophy, Renault
articulates the importance of a theory of recognition for the
resurgence of social critique.
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