The Handbook of Critical Theory [Paperback]

The Handbook of Critical Theory brings together for the first time a detailed examination of the state of critical theory today. The fifteen essays provide analyses of the various orientations which critical theory has taken both historically and systematically in recent years, expositions of the new perspectives which have begun to shape the field, and reflections upon the direction of critical theory.List of Contributors.

Acknowledgments.

Editor's Introduction: David M. Rasmussen (Boston College).

Part I: Philosophy and History: .

1. Critical Theory and Philosophy: David M. Rasmussen (Boston College).

2. Urban Flights: The Institute of Social Research Between Frankfurt and New York: Martin Jay (University of California, Berkeley).

3. Critical Theory and Tragic Knowledge: Christoph Menke.

Part II: Social Science, Discourse Ethics, and Justice:.

4. Critical Theory and Empirical Research: Hauke Brunkhorst (Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Essen).

5. The Communicative Paradigm in Moral Theory: Alessandro Ferrara (Universita Degli Studi di Roma).

6. Justice, Reason, and Critique: Basic Concepts of Critical Theory: Rainer Forst (Freie Universitat Berlin).

Part III: Law and Democracy: .

7. Habermas's Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy: An Overview of the Argument: William Rehg (St. Louis University).

8. Critical Theory and Democracy: James Bohman (St. Louis University). Part IV: Civil Society and Autonomy:.

9. Civil Society: Beyond the Public Sphere: Jodi Dean (Hobart and William Smith Colleges).

10. Public Reason and Personal Autonomy: Kenneth Baynes (SUNY, Stonybrook).

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