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As an exile in America during the War, Theodor Adorno grew acquainted with the fundamentals of empirical social research, something which would sha...

The Stars Down to Earth shows us a stunningly prescient Adorno. Haunted by the ugly side of American culture industries he used the different angle...

The creation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory in the 1920s saw the birth of some of the most exciting and challenging writings of the twe...

Theodor Adorno was no stranger to controversy. In The Jargon of Authenticity he gives full expression to his hostility to the language employed by ...

Reflecting emerging research and ongoing reassessments of social theory, The Wiley- Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists offers significan...

This innovative new Reader provides students, scholars, and practitioners with a comprehensive overview of essential works of critical theory and c...

‘Jürgen Habermas’, wrote the American philosopher Ronald Dworkin on the occasion of the great European thinker’s eightieth birthday, ‘is not only t...

Heidegger’s way of thinking has left a rich legacy for post-modern philosophers, particularly for Jacques Derrida who has greatly influenced philos...

For the first time, this volume brings Critical Theory into proper dialogue with modern developments in the psychoanalytic movement and covers a br...

The quest for liberty has driven political movements across the globe, inspiring revolutions in America, France, China and many other countries ove...

In a clear and readable style, Living with Theory maps out contemporary theory, tracing its complex configurations, its political preoccupations, a...

Following the publication of the seminal Fear of Freedom, Erich Fromm applied his unique vision to a critique of contemporary capitalism in The San...

इस पुस्तक के अंतर्गत बेन्थम, हीगल, जे.एस. मिल, टी.एच. ग्रीन और कार्ल मार्क्स के विभिन्न सिद्धांतों पर प्रकाश डाला गया है। बेन्थम -एक व्यक्तिवादी, उ...

A clear, concise guide to the history and structure of irony from Socrates to the Derrida and Deleuze. Explores the philosophical, literary and pol...

Stephen Greenblatt argued in these celebrated essays that the art of the Renaissance could only be understood in the context of the society from wh...

One of the world's most famous philosophers, Jacques Derrida, explores difficult questions in this important and engaging book. Is it still possibl...

In this ground-breaking and influential study Fredric Jameson explores the complex place and function of literature within culture. At the time Jam...

Erich Fromm sees right to the heart of our contradictory needs for community and for freedom like no other writer before or since. In Fear of Freed...

An introductory critical study for first year undergraduates which bridges the gap between A Level and university study. The book offers an accessi...

Konrad Lorenz was the author of some of the most popular books ever published about animals, including the best-selling Man Meets Dog and King Solo...