Discusses Horkheimer and Adorno's broad influences on philosophy, sociology, psychology and literary theory

Uses the Dialectic of Enlightenment to explore the rise of social and cultural theory

Written in a clear and engaging style, without sacrificing theoretical rigor

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Howard Prosser is a Lecturer in Education at Monash University. He holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Western Australia and a Ph.D. in Education from Monash University. Howard is a historian whose previous research focused on twentieth-century European and American intellectual history, especially the legacies of the Frankfurt School and the New Lefts. He has taught a range of histories at universities in Australia and Canada, and at schools.

Inhalt
Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- 1.Composing Dialectic of Enlightenment.- 2.Reviving Dialectic of Enlightenment.- 3.A North American Dialectic of Enlightenment.- 4.Dialectic of Enlightenment and Habermasian Revision.- 5.Dialectic of Enlightenment and the British New Left.- 6.Dialectic of Enlightenment and Postmodernism.-7.Dialectic of Enlightenment and Cultural Studies.- 8.Dialectic of Enlightenment and Others: Postcolonialism and Feminism.- 9.Dialectic of Enlightenment's Future.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.