"KRINÒ"
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The contribution of Critical Theory in understanding society
«Polis. Journal of Political Science», "The contribution of Critical Theory in understanding society", Federico Sollazzo (ed.), n. 4, 2016.
Federico Sollazzo reads selected excerpts from his essay published in the above mentioned journal issue and titled: "The Marcusean inheritance as a possibility not yet realized: From a pre- to a post-technlogical culture and society"
Abstract of the Editorial
by Federico Sollazzo
Is Critical Theory a part of our knowledge we can access just in a kind of museum of history of ideas, or is Critical Theory a living part of our culture on which we can still rely in order to understand and (re)orient our society? To answer this basic question, and many others, and also to shed some light on what seems to be a recent abuse of the term “critical”, in this issue will be addressed, under different points of view, the meaning of the expression Critical Theory.
The papers here collected are divided in an English and an Italian section, to facilitate the reader who is confident with, or prefers, only one of these languages. In both sections, Critical Theory is addressed in a twofold way: as regards its origins in the so-called School of Frankfurt and as concerns its further and contemporary developments, from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Keywords: Critical Theory, Society, Philosophy, Sociology, Anthropology.
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