ISBN:
9780816653676
,
9780816653683
Language:
English
Pages:
XXI, 415 S.
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2009
DDC:
301.01
Keywords:
Frankfurt school of sociology History
;
Frankfurter Schule
;
Kritische Theorie
;
Exil
;
Emigration
;
Politische Theorie
;
Kritische Theorie
;
Geschichte
;
USA
;
Exil
Abstract:
New York transit : an invitation to Columbia University -- Failure and the mythologies of exile : the Frankfurt school's years at Columbia University -- John Dewey's pit bull : Sidney Hook and the confrontation between pragmatism and critical theory -- Crosstown traffic : the New York intellectuals encounter critical theory -- The Atlantic divide : building bridges between Anglo-American empiricism and continental social theory -- Assimilation and acceptance : studies in prejudice -- Specters of Marx : the Frankfurt school in the era of the new left -- Marcuse's mentors : the American counterculture and the guru of the new left -- Conclusion: The Frankfurt school's American legacy
Description / Table of Contents:
New York transit : an invitation to Columbia UniversityFailure and the mythologies of exile : the Frankfurt school's years at Columbia University -- John Dewey's pit bull : Sidney Hook and the confrontation between pragmatism and critical theory -- Crosstown traffic : the New York intellectuals encounter critical theory -- The Atlantic divide : building bridges between Anglo-American empiricism and continental social theory -- Assimilation and acceptance : studies in prejudice -- Specters of Marx : the Frankfurt school in the era of the new left -- Marcuse's mentors : the American counterculture and the guru of the new left -- Conclusion: The Frankfurt school's American legacy.
Description / Table of Contents:
New York transit : an invitation to Columbia University -- Failure and the mythologies of exile : the Frankfurt school's years at Columbia University -- John Dewey's pit bull : Sidney Hook and the confrontation between pragmatism and critical theory -- Crosstown traffic : the New York intellectuals encounter critical theory -- The Atlantic divide : building bridges between Anglo-American empiricism and continental social theory -- Assimilation and acceptance : studies in prejudice -- Specters of Marx : the Frankfurt school in the era of the new left -- Marcuse's mentors : the American counterculture and the guru of the new left -- Conclusion: The Frankfurt school's American legacy.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=26449
