Pluralism and the Pragmatic Turn
Subtitle: The Transformation of Critical Theory, Essays in Honor of Thomas McCarthy
Contributors: William Rehg (Editor); James Bohman (Editor)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: October 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780262182164
Subjects: Social theory; Western philosophy; Sociological Theory; Social Science; Sociology; General; Sociology - General; Philosophy / General; Critical theory; Frankfurt school of sociology; McCarthy, Thomas A; Pluralism (Social sciences); Pragmatism
First sentence: A wide range of current theoretical approaches might plausibly claim the title of "critical social theory": not only Marxist analysis and its offshoots but also certain strands of poststructuralism, feminist thought, and liberal and communitarian political theory, to name the most obvious.