{"product_id":"the-critique-of-power-axel-honneth-9780262581288","title":"The Critique of Power: Reflective Stages in a Critical Social Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this rich interpretation of the history of critical theory, Axel Hormeth clarifies critical theory's central problems and emphasizes the social factors that should provide it with a normative and practical orientation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAxel Honneth's \u003ci\u003eCritique of Power\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich interpretation of the history of critical theory, which clarifies its central problems and emphasizes the \"social\" factors that should provide that theory with a normative and practical orientation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonneth focuses on the dialog between French and German social theory that was beginning at the time of Michel Foucault's death. It traces the common roots of the work of Foucault and J?gen Habermas to a basic text of the last generation of critical theorists--Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno's \u003ci\u003eDialectic of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e--and draws from this connection the outline of a program that might unite and surpass their seemingly irreconcilable methods of critiquing power structures. In doing so, Honneth provides a constructive and nonpolemical framework for comparisons between the two theorists. And he presents a novel interpretation of Foucault's analysis of social systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonneth traces the internal contradictions in critical theory through an analysis of Horkheimer's early programmatic writings, the \u003ci\u003eDialectic of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e, and Adorno's later social-theoretical writings. He shows how Habermas and Foucault in their distinctive ways reinserted the social world into critical theory but argues that neither operation has been wholly successful. His cogent analysis redirects critical social theory in ways that can draw on the strengths and avoid the weaknesses of the two approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Axel Honneth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262581280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262581288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.91h x 5.88w x 0.85d","brand":"Axel Honneth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946375315711,"sku":"9780262581288","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_562dd874-6825-4a26-9b1f-57b2cd2b3c6e.jpg?v=1681512790","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-critique-of-power-axel-honneth-9780262581288","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}