Reason and Revolution: Hegel and the Rise of Social Theory - Softcover

Herbert Marcuse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 157392718X ISBN 13: 9781573927185

Publisher: Humanities Press, 1999

Synopsis

This text argues that we are faced with a political future that initiated itself with the sudden political and financial collapse of Soviet Communism and the unexpected declaration of a 'New World Order'. In this rapidly changing surface of political realities, this text aims to offer a guide. The author argues that turbulent and spectacular political events always run within channels earlier set by political theory, and that it was Hegel's theory which actually set a fundamental path of modern political life. In this text, the author addresses the sources and consequences of Hegel's social theory.

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About the Author

Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) was a philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist. He studied at the University of Berlin and the University of Freiburg, and became a crucial figure in the Frankfurt School of social theory. He left Germany in the 1930s and settled in the United States, where he would spend much of his life and taught at many of the country's greatest schools and universities. He is the author of One-Dimensional Man, Eros and Civilization, and many other books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Humanities Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 157392718X
• ISBN 13: 9781573927185
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 440