{"product_id":"pathologies-of-reason-on-the-legacy-of-critical-theory-hardcover","title":"Pathologies of Reason: On the Legacy of Critical Theory - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAxel Honneth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Ingram\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAxel Honneth has been instrumental in advancing the work of the Frankfurt School of critical theorists, rebuilding their effort to combine radical social and political analysis with rigorous philosophical inquiry. These eleven essays reclaim the relevant themes of the Frankfurt School, which counted Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Walter Benjamin, Jürgen Habermas, Franz Neumann, and Albrecht Wellmer as members. They also engage with Kant, Freud, Alexander Mitscherlich, and Michael Walzer, whose work on morality, history, democracy, and individuality intersects with the Frankfurt School's core concerns. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollected here for the first time in English, Honneth's essays pursue the unifying themes and theses that support the methodologies and thematics of critical social theory, and they address the possibilities of continuing this tradition through radically changed theoretical and social conditions. According to Honneth, there is a unity that underlies critical theory's multiple approaches: the way in which reason is both distorted and furthered in contemporary capitalist society. And while much is dead in the social and psychological doctrines of critical social theory, its central inquiries remain vitally relevant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs social progress still possible after the horrors of the twentieth century? Does capitalism deform reason and, if so, in what respects? Can we justify the relationship between law and violence in secular terms, or is it inextricably bound to divine justice? How can we be free when we're subject to socialization in a highly complex and in many respects unfree society? For Honneth, suffering and moral struggle are departure points for a new \"reconstructive\" form of social criticism, one that is based solidly in the empirically grounded, interdisciplinary approach of the Frankfurt School.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAxel Honneth is professor of philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt and director of the Institute for Social Research. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Struggle for Recognition: The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts \u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Interventions in the Unfinished Project of Enlightenment \u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Critique of Power: Reflective Stages in a Critical Social Theory \u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCommunicative Action: Essays on Jürgen Habermas's \"The Theory of Communicative Action.\" \u003c\/i\u003eJames Ingram is an assistant professor of political science at McMaster University. He has translated works by Reinhart Koselleck, Christoph Menke, Hauke Brunkhorst, Jacques Derrida, and Étienne Balibar, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101610840144,"sku":"9780231146265","price":187.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/T1BxK25QSFhFOEU3TlFaTWtLMGxQZz09.webp?v=1772049919","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/pathologies-of-reason-on-the-legacy-of-critical-theory-hardcover","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}