Critical Theory and the Thought of Andrew Feenberg [Hardcover]

This volume explores Andrew Feenbergs 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 Feenbergs contributions to understanding this tradition.

1. Introduction

2. What is the Philosophy of Praxis ?

3. Philosophical Anthropology or Philosophy of Praxis? Axel Honneth and Andrew Feenberg on Luk?css 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 Feenbergs Ecological Modernism

8. Between Instrumentalism and Determinism: Feenbergs Critical Theory of Technology and Class Struggle

9.  The Question Concerning a Vital Technology: Heideggerian Influences on the Philosophy of Andrew Feenberg

10.  Future Questions: Democratic Technology, and the New Converging Technologies

11.  Revisiting Critical Theory in the 21st Century

12.  Andrew Feenberg, Critical Theory and the Critique of Technology

13.  A Critical Response  Andrew Feenberg

14. Appendix: Interview with Andrew Feenberg  Interviewed by Bruna Della Torre de Carvalho Lima and Eduardo All£5