The End of Progress: Decolonizing the Normative Foundations of Critical Theory (New Directions in Critical Theory)
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (555 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231173253 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Critical theory, according to Allen, is the best resource we have for achieving emancipatory social goals. While post- and decolonial theorists have thoroughly debunked the idea of historical progress as a Eurocentric, imperialist, and neocolonialist fallacy, many of the most prominent contemporary thinkers associated with the Frankfurt SchoolJürgen Habermas, Axel Honneth, and Rainer Forsthave defended ideas of progress, development, and modernity and have even made such ideas central to their normative claims. Can the Frankfurt School's goal of radical social change
She is the author of The Power of Feminist Theory: Domination, Resistance, Solidarity and The Politics of Our Selves: Power, Autonomy, and Gender in Contemporary Critical Theory, and she is the editor of the Columbia University Press series New Directions in Critical Theory. Amy Allen is Liberal Arts Research Professor of Philosophy and head o
Allen also initiates a promising dialogue with postcolonial theorists who have advanced external critiques, a dialogue oriented to decolonizing normative political theory together. Bernstein, New School for Social Research)I highly recommend this outstanding internal critique of the idea of universal, developmental progress in the critical theory tradition and its role in legitimating Western imperialism by a leading critical theorist. (James Tully, University of Victoria)In her perspicacious and penetrating discussion of major figures of the Frankfurt School, Allen shows how deeply the tradition of critique is entangled with the grand narrative of enlightenment, the myth of the progressive unfolding of reason. (Charles Mills, Northwestern University)The End of Progress is a beautifully written and engaging critique of critical theory. (Christoph Menke, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt) .
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