num_pages: 600
description: Upon its publication in Germany in 1983, this author's book stirred both critical acclaim and consternation, attracting a wide readership. He finds cynicism the dominant mode in contemporary culture, in personal and institutional settings; his book is both a history of the impulse and an investigation of its role today, among those whose earlier hopes for social change have crumbled and faded away.Theory and History of Literature series, Volume 40
language: English
title: Critique of Cynical Reason
titlecomplete: Critique of Cynical Reason
genres: Germany, Essays, Philosophy, Cultural, European Literature, Psychology, Theory, German Literature, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 585
publisher: University of Minnesota Press