Dialectic of Enlightenment
Subtitle: critical theory and the messianic light
By: Jacob Klapwijk ; translated from the Dutch by C. L. Yallop and P. M. Yallop ; foreword by Lambert Zuidewaart
Publisher: Wipf & Stock
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Eugene (Or.)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9781608997015
Subjects: E cole de Francfort
Work titles: Dialektiek der verlichting : Een verkenning in het neomarxisme van de Frankfurter Schule
Description: "A thought-provoking introduction to the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Critical theory aims to unmask modern reason and liberate society. But a fundamental question keeps coming back: how can this critique of modernity remain viable within a repressive social system? Is reason in the modern world indeed doomed to self-destruct? Does rationality inevitably lead to domination and oppression? Jacob Klapwijk argues that the dialectic of enlightenment proves to be a faith, a mythical faith encouraging resignation and despair. Instead we need a wholesome reason, one inspired by a messianic faith."--From publisher.
Notes: Bibliogr. p. 99-103. Index.