Dialectic of Enlightenment in the Anglosphere

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.