TY  - GEN
T1  - Critical Theory, Democracy, and the Challenge of Neoliberalism
A1  - Caterino, Brian
A1  - Hansen, Phillip
LA  - eng
PB  - University of Toronto Press
YR  - 2023
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/doab-20.500.12854-131318
AB  - With a few exceptions, critical theorists have been late to provide a comprehensive diagnosis of neoliberalism comparable in scope to their extensive analyses of advanced welfare state capitalism. Instead, the main lines of critical theory have focused on questions of international justice which, while no doubt significant, restrict the scope of critical theory by deemphasizing linkages to larger political and economic conditions. Providing a critique of the Frankfurt School, Brian Caterino and Phillip Hansen move beyond its foundations, and call for a rethinking of the bases of critical theory as a practical, freedom-creating project. Outlining a resurgence of neoliberalism, the authors encourage a fresh, nuanced analysis that elucidates its political and economic structures and demonstrates the threats to freedom and democracy that neoliberalism poses. They propose the reformulation of a radical democratic alternative to neoliberalism, one that critically addresses its limitations while promoting an enhancement of communicative and social freedom.
SN  - 9781487538606
KW  - Politics & government
KW  - bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government
KW  - thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
ER  -