To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse (Trueman)

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Trueman, Carl

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9781087754390

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Hardcover

Pages:

256

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Critical theory has many faces; its complexities and nuances present a challenge to those seeking to engage with its thought. In order to understand critical theory today, we must first understand its origins, its development, and its consequences.

To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse by Carl R. Trueman is an accessible introduction to the history and development of critical theory. From Hegel and Marx, to Korsch and Lukács, to the Frankfurt School, to Wilhelm Reich and Herbert Marcuse—Trueman focuses on the key figures of critical theory, positioning them within their historical context and tracing the development of critical theory through its various movements, evolutions, nuances, and consequences.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: The Importance of Critical Theory
Chapter 2: Hegel, Marx, and the Origins of Critical Theory
Chapter 3: The Crucible of the Critical Imagination: Karl Korsch and Georg Lukács
Chapter 4: The Frankfurt School: From Traditional Theory to Critical Theory
Chapter 5: The Problems of Enlightenment
Chapter 6: Critical Theory and Sexual Revolution: Wilhelm Reich and Herbert Marcuse
Chapter 7: The Culture Industry
Chapter 8: Negating the Spirit That Negates

Name Index
Subject Index

About the Author

Carl R. Trueman (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College. He is an esteemed church historian and previously served as the William E. Simon Fellow in Religion and Public Life at Princeton University. Trueman is a member of The Orthodox Presbyterian Church.