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Contents: Introduction 1. Veteran Scholars' Reflections on Marcuse's Theoretical Legacy Marcuse's Legacies; The American Experience of the Critical Theorists; Heidegger and Marcuse: the Catastrophe and Redemption of Technology; Marcuse and the Quest for Radical Subjectivity; Marcuse's Maternal Ethic; Marcuse's Negative Dialectics of Imagination 2. Interpretations of Marcuse's Critical Theory from the Next Generation Herbert Marcuse's Critical Encounter with Martin Heidegger 1927-33; The Theoretical Place of Utopia: Some Remarks on Marcuse's Dual Anthropology; Diatribes and Distortions: Marcuse's Academic Reception; Marcuse, Habermas and the Critique of Technology; The Fate of Emancipated Subjectivity Part 3. Marcuse and Contemporary Ecological Theory Marcuse's Deep-Social Ecology and the Future of Utopian Environmentalism; Marcuse's Ecological Critique and the American Environmental Movement; Marcuse and the "New Science" Part 4. Recollections Herbert Marcuse's Identity; Encountering Marcuse
Siegfried Kracauer stands out as one of the most significant
theorists and critics of the twentieth century, acclaimed for his
analyses of film and popular culture. However, his writing on
propaganda and politics has been overshadowed by the works of his
contemporaries and colleagues associated with the Frankfurt School.
This book brings together a broad selection of Kracauer's work on
media and political communication, much of it previously
unavailable in English. It features writings spanning more than two
decades, from studies of totalitarian propaganda written in the
1930s to wartime work on Nazi newsreels and anti-Semitism through
to examinations of American and Soviet political messaging in the
early Cold War period. These varied texts illuminate the interplay
among politics, mass culture, and the media, and they encompass
Kracauer's core concerns: the individual and the masses, the
conditions of cultural production, and the critique of modernity.
The introduction and afterword explore the significance of
Kracauer's contributions to critical theory, film and media
studies, and the analysis of political communication both in his
era and the present day. At a time when demagoguery and bigotry
loom over world politics, Kracauer's inquiries into topics such as
the widespread appeal of fascist propaganda and the relationship of
new media forms and technologies to authoritarianism are strikingly
relevant.
Siegfried Kracauer stands out as one of the most significant
theorists and critics of the twentieth century, acclaimed for his
analyses of film and popular culture. However, his writing on
propaganda and politics has been overshadowed by the works of his
contemporaries and colleagues associated with the Frankfurt School.
This book brings together a broad selection of Kracauer's work on
media and political communication, much of it previously
unavailable in English. It features writings spanning more than two
decades, from studies of totalitarian propaganda written in the
1930s to wartime work on Nazi newsreels and anti-Semitism through
to examinations of American and Soviet political messaging in the
early Cold War period. These varied texts illuminate the interplay
among politics, mass culture, and the media, and they encompass
Kracauer's core concerns: the individual and the masses, the
conditions of cultural production, and the critique of modernity.
The introduction and afterword explore the significance of
Kracauer's contributions to critical theory, film and media
studies, and the analysis of political communication both in his
era and the present day. At a time when demagoguery and bigotry
loom over world politics, Kracauer's inquiries into topics such as
the widespread appeal of fascist propaganda and the relationship of
new media forms and technologies to authoritarianism are strikingly
relevant.
Contents: Introduction 1. Veteran Scholars' Reflections on Marcuse's Theoretical Legacy Marcuse's Legacies; The American Experience of the Critical Theorists; Heidegger and Marcuse: the Catastrophe and Redemption of Technology; Marcuse and the Quest for Radical Subjectivity; Marcuse's Maternal Ethic; Marcuse's Negative Dialectics of Imagination 2. Interpretations of Marcuse's Critical Theory from the Next Generation Herbert Marcuse's Critical Encounter with Martin Heidegger 1927-33; The Theoretical Place of Utopia: Some Remarks on Marcuse's Dual Anthropology; Diatribes and Distortions: Marcuse's Academic Reception; Marcuse, Habermas and the Critique of Technology; The Fate of Emancipated Subjectivity Part 3. Marcuse and Contemporary Ecological Theory Marcuse's Deep-Social Ecology and the Future of Utopian Environmentalism; Marcuse's Ecological Critique and the American Environmental Movement; Marcuse and the "New Science" Part 4. Recollections Herbert Marcuse's Identity; Encountering Marcuse
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Heideggerian Marxism (Paperback)
Herbert Marcuse; Edited by Richard Wolin, John Abromeit; Introduction by Richard Wolin, John Abromeit
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R845
Discovery Miles 8 450
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The Frankfurt School philosopher Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979)
studied with Martin Heidegger at Freiburg University from 1928 to
1932 and completed a dissertation on Hegel's theory of historicity
under Heidegger's supervision. During these years, Marcuse wrote a
number of provocative philosophical essays experimenting with the
possibilities of Heideggerian Marxism. For a time he believed that
Heidegger's ideas could revitalize Marxism, providing a dimension
of experiential concreteness that was sorely lacking in the German
Idealist tradition. Ultimately, two events deterred Marcuse from
completing this program: the 1932 publication of Marx's early
economic and philosophical manuscripts, and Heidegger's conversion
to Nazism a year later. "Heideggerian Marxism" offers rich and
fascinating testimony concerning the first attempt to fuse Marxism
and existentialism. These essays offer invaluable insight
concerning Marcuse's early philosophical evolution. They document
one of the century's most important Marxist philosophers attempting
to respond to the "crisis of Marxism": the failure of the European
revolution coupled with the growing repression in the USSR. In
response, Marcuse contrived an imaginative and original theoretical
synthesis: "existential Marxism."
The recent resurgence of populist movements and parties has led to
a revival of scholarly interest in populism. This volume brings
together well-established and new scholars to reassess the subject
and combine historical and theoretical perspectives to shed new
light on the history of the subject, as well as enriching
contemporary discussions. In three parts, the contributors explore
the history of populism in different regions, theories of populism
and recent populist movements. Taken together, the contributions
included in this book represent the most comprehensive and
wide-ranging study of the topic to date. Questions addressed
include: - What are the 'essential' characteristics of populism? -
Is it important to distinguish between left- and right-wing
populism? - How can the transformation of populist movements be
explained? This is the most thorough and up to date comparative
historical study of populism available. As such it will be of great
value to anyone researching or studying the topic.
The recent resurgence of populist movements and parties has led to
a revival of scholarly interest in populism. This volume brings
together well-established and new scholars to reassess the subject
and combine historical and theoretical perspectives to shed new
light on the history of the subject, as well as enriching
contemporary discussions. In three parts, the contributors explore
the history of populism in different regions, theories of populism
and recent populist movements. Taken together, the contributions
included in this book represent the most comprehensive and
wide-ranging study of the topic to date. Questions addressed
include: - What are the 'essential' characteristics of populism? -
Is it important to distinguish between left- and right-wing
populism? - How can the transformation of populist movements be
explained? This is the most thorough and up to date comparative
historical study of populism available. As such it will be of great
value to anyone researching or studying the topic.
This book is the first comprehensive intellectual biography of Max
Horkheimer during the early and middle phases of his life (1895
1941). Drawing on unexamined new sources, John Abromeit describes
the critical details of Horkheimer's intellectual development. This
study recovers and reconstructs the model of early Critical Theory
that guided the work of the Institute for Social Research in the
1930s. Horkheimer is remembered primarily as the co-author of
Dialectic of Enlightenment, which he wrote with Theodor W. Adorno
in the early 1940s. But few people realize that Horkheimer and
Adorno did not begin working together seriously until the late
1930s or that the model of Critical Theory developed by Horkheimer
and Erich Fromm in the late 1920s and early 1930s differs in
crucial ways from Dialectic of Enlightenment. Abromeit highlights
the ways in which Horkheimer's early Critical Theory remains
relevant to contemporary theoretical discussions in a wide variety
of fields.
This book is the first comprehensive intellectual biography of Max
Horkheimer during the early and middle phases of his life
(1895-1941). Drawing on unexamined new sources, John Abromeit
describes the critical details of Horkheimer's intellectual
development. This study recovers and reconstructs the model of
early Critical Theory that guided the work of the Institute for
Social Research in the 1930s. Horkheimer is remembered primarily as
the co-author of Dialectic of Enlightenment, which he wrote with
Theodor W. Adorno in the early 1940s. But few people realize that
Horkheimer and Adorno did not begin working together seriously
until the late 1930s or that the model of Critical Theory developed
by Horkheimer and Erich Fromm in the late 1920s and early 1930s
differs in crucial ways from Dialectic of Enlightenment. Abromeit
highlights the ways in which Horkheimer's early Critical Theory
remains relevant to contemporary theoretical discussions in a wide
variety of fields.
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