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The End of Progress: Decolonizing the Normative Foundations of Critical Theory

By Amy Allen

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780231540636
DOI
10.7312/alle17324
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
942 kB (964723 bytes)
Series
New Directions in Critical Theory; 36
Pages
304\304
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 20:59:30

Description

Amy Allen fractures critical theory from within by dispensing with its progressive reading of history while retaining its notion of progress as a political imperative, so eloquently defended by Adorno. Critical theory, according to Allen, is the best resouce we have for achieving emancipatory social goals. In reimagining a decolonized critical theory after the end of progress, she rescues it from oblivion and gives it a future. Amy Allen fractures critical theory from within by dispensing with its progressive reading of history while retaining its notion of progress as a political imperative. In reimagining a decolonized critical theory after the end of progress, she rescues it from oblivion and gives it a future for achieving emancipatory social goals.

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