{"product_id":"critical-theory-the-essential-readings-9781557783530","title":"Critical Theory: The Essential Readings","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Ingram\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Paragon House Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Paragon House Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Movements - Existentialism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis selection of some of the most important writing of the Frankfurt School and its critics provides beginning and advanced philosophy students with a solid grounding in critical theory. Substantial selections have been chosen from the works of Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Herbert Marcuse, and J rgen Habermas as well as well-known feminist and post-structuralist critics Michel Foucault, Jean-Fran oise Lyotard, Nancy Fraser, and Seyla la Benhabib.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe twenty-two selections in \u003cem\u003eCritical Theory: The Essential Readings \u003c\/em\u003eprovide students with a lucid overview of the central themes and concerns of critical theory. The main introduction and prefaces to sections discuss the writers and selections, highlighting connections between ideas and their historical contexts. In addition, \u003cem\u003eCritical Theory\u003c\/em\u003e contains the first full translation of Habermas' influential essay, \"Modernity: An Unfinished Project.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe introduction preceding each article orients the student to the general theory of the author and relates the particular article to the other materials in the book. The individual introductions also include particular historical events surrounding each article so students can read the pieces in context. The editors have also selected substantial pieces by each contributor and have avoided excerpting wherever possible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe arrangement of the selections in \u003cem\u003eCritical Theory: The Essential Readings\u003c\/em\u003e parallels the material in \u003cem\u003eCritical Theory and Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e, and when read in conjunction with it presents the leading ideas of the Frankfurt School in the most accessible format possible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paragon House Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48226388934807,"sku":"9781557783530","price":2690.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781557783530.webp?v=1788770587","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/critical-theory-the-essential-readings-9781557783530","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}