In the Spirit of Critique: Thinking Politically in the Dialectical Tradition

by Andrew J. Douglas

Book Overview

Focusing on the critical postures of Hegel, Marx, and a series of twentieth-century intellectuals, including Sartre, Adorno, and C. L. R. James, this book explores what dialectical thinking entails and how such thinking might speak to the lived realities of the contemporary political moment. What is revealed is not a formal method or a grand philosophical system, but rather a reflective energy or disposition--a dialectical spirit of critique--that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438448414
• ISBN13: 9781438448411
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"