Andrew Arato

From Neo-Marxism to Democratic Theory (eBook, ePUB)

Essays on the Critical Theory of Soviet-type Societies

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The essays in this volume trace an intellectual odyssey, a search for a genuinely critical theory. The book begins with the question of why the Frankfurt School as well as other neo-Marxist and post-Marxist analysts, both in the West and in dissident circles in the East, failed to produce a critical theory of Soviet socialism or to establish a dynamic relationship with contemporary social movements. As the political struggle in Eastern Europe intensified, the author of this book disengaged from his own efforts to reconstruct a critical Marxism. Instead, he attempts a reconstruction of democratic theory based on civil society rather than class categories, and with a critical relevance not only to the transition from state socialism but more generally to the universal goal of emancipation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315487717
• Artikelnr.: 49366634

Autorenporträt

Andrew Arato

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Western Marxism and Soviet-Type Societies
Chapter 1 Authoritarian Socialism and the Frankfurt School
Chapter 2 Between Apology and Critique: Marcuse's Soviet Marxism
Chapter 3 Critical Sociology and Authoritarian State Socialism
Chapter 4 From Western to Eastern Marxism: Rudolf Bahro
Chapter 5 Immanent Critique and Authoritarian Socialism: On Konrád and Szelényi's Intellectuals
Chapter 6 The Budapest School and Actually Existing Socialism
Chapter 7 Facing Russia: Castoriadis and the Problem of Soviet-Type Societies
Part II The Rise of Civil Society and Democratic Theory
Chapter 8 Civil Society vs. the State: Poland 1980-81
Chapter 9 Empire vs. Civil Society: Poland 1981-82
Chapter 10 The Democratic Theory of the Polish Opposition: Normative Intentions and Strategic Ambiguities
Chapter 11 Some Perspectives of Democratization in East Central Europe
Chapter 12 Social Theory, Civil Society, and the Transformation of Authoritarian Socialism
Chapter 13 Revolution, Civil Society, and Democracy
Chapter 14 Social Movements and Civil Society in the Soviet Union