From Neo-Marxism to Democratic Theory: Essays on the Critical Theory of Soviet-type Societies

Essays on the Critical Theory of Soviet-type Societies

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Political Science
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Author: Andrew Arato ISBN: 9781315487717
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: September 16, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Andrew Arato
ISBN: 9781315487717
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: September 16, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

The essays in this volume trace an intellectual odyssey, a search for a genuinely critical theory. The book begins with the question of why the Frankfurt School as well as other neo-Marxist and post-Marxist analysts, both in the West and in dissident circles in the East, failed to produce a critical theory of Soviet socialism or to establish a dynamic relationship with contemporary social movements. As the political struggle in Eastern Europe intensified, the author of this book disengaged from his own efforts to reconstruct a critical Marxism. Instead, he attempts a reconstruction of democratic theory based on civil society rather than class categories, and with a critical relevance not only to the transition from state socialism but more generally to the universal goal of emancipation.

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The essays in this volume trace an intellectual odyssey, a search for a genuinely critical theory. The book begins with the question of why the Frankfurt School as well as other neo-Marxist and post-Marxist analysts, both in the West and in dissident circles in the East, failed to produce a critical theory of Soviet socialism or to establish a dynamic relationship with contemporary social movements. As the political struggle in Eastern Europe intensified, the author of this book disengaged from his own efforts to reconstruct a critical Marxism. Instead, he attempts a reconstruction of democratic theory based on civil society rather than class categories, and with a critical relevance not only to the transition from state socialism but more generally to the universal goal of emancipation.

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