{"product_id":"critical-theory-the-basics","title":"Critical Theory: The Basics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCritical Theory: The Basics \u003c\/i\u003ebrings clarity to a topic that is confusingly bandied about with various meanings today in popular and academic culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst defined by Max Horkheimer in the 1930s, “critical theory” now extends far beyond its original German context around the Frankfurt School and the emergence of Nazism. We now often speak of critical theories of race, gender, anti-colonialism, and so forth. This book introduces especially the core program of the first-generation of the Frankfurt School (including Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno, Erich Fromm, and Herbert Marcuse), and shows how this program remains crucial to understanding the problems, ideologies, and systems of the modern world, including capitalism, racism, sexism, and the enduring problems of colonialism. It explores basic questions like:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat is critical theory?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat can critical theory be? What \u003ci\u003eshould\u003c\/i\u003e it be?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy and how does critical theory remain vital to understanding the contemporary world, including notions of self, society, politics, art, religion, culture, race, gender, and class?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith suggestions for further reading, this book is an ideal starting point for anyone seeking an accessible but robust introduction to the richness and complexity of this tradition and to its continuing importance today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54256096379224,"sku":"9781032061566","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032061566_12ff594c-8536-4305-bd96-8d5b5f947440.jpg?v=1756483261","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/critical-theory-the-basics","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}