TY - BOOK ID - 80862373 TI - Critical Theory, Democracy, and the Challenge of Neoliberalism AU - Caterino, Brian, AU - Hansen, Phillip, PY - 2019 SN - 1487532148 1487505469 148753860X 1487532156 PB - University of Toronto Press DB - UniCat KW - Democracy KW - Critical theory. KW - Neoliberalism. KW - Philosophy. KW - Neo-liberalism KW - Liberalism KW - Critical social theory KW - Critical theory (Philosophy) KW - Critical theory (Sociology) KW - Negative philosophy KW - Criticism (Philosophy) KW - Philosophy, Modern KW - Rationalism KW - Sociology KW - Frankfurt school of sociology KW - Socialism KW - Habermas. KW - Honneth. KW - Macpherson. KW - critical social theory. KW - democratic theory. KW - neo-liberalism. KW - participatory democracy. KW - radical democracy. KW - social inquiry. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80862373 AB - "With a few exceptions, critical theorists have been late to provide a comprehensive diagnosis of neoliberalism comparable in scope to their extensive analyses of advanced welfare state capitalism. Instead, the main lines of critical theory have focused on questions of international justice which, while no doubt significant, restrict the scope of critical theory by deemphasizing linkages to larger political and economic conditions. Providing a critique of the Frankfurt School, Brian Caterino and Phillip Hansen move beyond its foundations, and call for a rethinking of the bases of critical theory as a practical, freedom-creating project. Outlining a resurgence of neoliberalism, the authors encourage a fresh, nuanced analysis that elucidates its political and economic structures and demonstrates the threats to freedom and democracy that neoliberalism poses; the reformulation of a radical democratic alternative to neoliberalism, one that critically addresses its limitations while promoting an enhancement of communicative and social freedom."-- ER -