The End of Progress: Decolonizing the Normative Foundations of Critical Theory

While post- and decolonial theorists have thoroughly debunked the idea of historical progress as a Eurocentric, imperialist,...
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Author: Amy Allen
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The End of Progress: Decolonizing the Normative Foundations of Critical Theory by Allen, Amy

The End of Progress: Decolonizing the Normative Foundations of Critical Theory

$139.68

The End of Progress: Decolonizing the Normative Foundations of Critical Theory

$139.68
Author: Amy Allen
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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 School--J rgen Habermas, Axel Honneth, and Rainer Forst--have 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 survive this critique? And what would a decolonized critical theory look like?

Amy Allen fractures critical theory from within by dispensing with its progressive reading of history while retaining its notion of progress as a political imperative, so eloquently defended by Adorno. Critical theory, according to Allen, is the best resource we have for achieving emancipatory social goals. In reimagining a decolonized critical theory after the end of progress, she rescues it from oblivion and gives it a future.

Author: Amy Allen
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 01/12/2016
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780231173247

About the Author
Amy Allen is Liberal Arts Professor of Philosophy and head of the Department of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University. She is the editor of the Columbia University Press series New Directions in Critical Theory.

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