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Political Science General

Critical Theory, Democracy, and the Challenge of Neoliberalism

by (author) Brian Caterino & Phillip Hansen

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2019
Category
General, Political, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487505462
    Publish Date
    Aug 2019
    List Price
    $80.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487532154
    Publish Date
    Aug 2019
    List Price
    $80.00

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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. They propose the reformulation of a radical democratic alternative to neoliberalism, one that critically addresses its limitations while promoting an enhancement of communicative and social freedom.

About the authors

Brian Caterino is an independent scholar living in Rochester, NY.

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Phillip Hansen is professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Regina. He is the author of Reconsidering C.B. MacPherson: From Possessive Individualism to Democratic Theory and Beyond (UTP)

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