Critical theory in critical times : transforming the global political and economic order /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Deutscher, Penelope, 1966- (Author, Editor), Lafont, Cristina, 1963- (Author, Editor)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Series:New directions in critical theory.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Critical Theory in Critical Times
  • I. The Future of Democracy
  • 1. An Exploration of the Meaning of Transnationalization of Democracy, Using the Example of the European Union
  • II. Human Rights and Sovereignty
  • 2. Democratic Sovereignty and Transnational Law
  • 3. Human Rights, Sovereignty, and the Responsibility to Protect
  • 4. A Critical Theory of Human Rights--Some Groundwork
  • III. Political Rights in Neoliberal Times
  • 5. Neoliberalism and the Economization of Rights
  • 6. Law and Domination
  • IV. Criticizing Capitalism
  • 7. Behind Marx's Hidden Abode: For an Expanded Conception of Capitalism
  • 8. A Wide Concept of Economy
  • V. The End of Progress in Postcolonial Times
  • 9. Adorno, Foucault, and the End of Progress
  • 10. "Post-Foucault": The Critical Time of the Present
  • 11. Criticizing Critical Theory
  • Bibliography
  • About the Contributors
  • Index.