Screen LibraryCritical Theory and the Thought of Andrew Feenberg /
This volume explores Andrew Feenberg s work in critical theory. Feenberg is considered one of the key second generation critical theorists, with a keen interest in philosophy of technology. He has made a vital contribution to critical theory in ways that remain of interest given the pressing technol...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57897-2 |
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This volume explores Andrew Feenberg s work in critical theory. Feenberg is considered one of the key second generation critical theorists, with a keen interest in philosophy of technology. He has made a vital contribution to critical theory in ways that remain of interest given the pressing technological issues of our time. The authors of this book highlight not only the ways that Feenberg has begun to make good on what is often characterized as the broken promise of critical theory to address issues of technology, but also the continued importance of critical theory more generally, and of |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XII, 271 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783319578972 |
| Index Number: | HM480 |
| CLC: | B08 |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction -- 2. What is the "Philosophy of Praxis"? -- 3. Philosophical Anthropology or Philosophy of Praxis? Axel Honneth and Andrew Feenberg on Luk cs s Theory of Reification -- 4. Gegenst ndlichkeit From Marx to Luk cs and Back Again -- 5. Feenberg, Rationality and Isolation -- 6. Transforming Dystopia with Democracy: The Technical Code and the Critical Theory of Technology -- 7. Andrew Feenberg s Ecological Modernism -- 8. Between Instrumentalism and Determinism: Feenberg s Critical Theory of Technology and Class Struggle -- 9. The Question Concerning a Vital Technology: Heideggeri |