The Defeat of Critique: Emergence and Domestication of Critical Theory

by Stathis Kouvelakis

A essential perspective on Critical Theory, painting the decline of its initial radical potential and the necessity of reviving it.

How did a theoretical project that started as a radical rethinking of Marxism, responding to the defeat of the Left in the face of Nazism, lose its radical potential? Tracing the intellectual trajectory of three major figures--Horkheimer, Habermas and Honneth--The Defeat of Critique tells a new story...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1804295299
• ISBN13: 9781804295298
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.