Critical Social Theory

Gary M. Simpson

ISBN 10: 0800629167 / ISBN 13: 9780800629168

Verlag: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, US, 2001

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9780800629168

Inhaltsangabe:

Critical theory explained and espoused Simpson ably introduces critical social theory, the German-born intellectual movement that has spawned sharp criticisms of modernity, its use of reason, and our highly technological, bureaucratic culture. Part 1 recounts the emergence of critical social theory within the Frankfurt School of Social Research and the theological stirrings that the Frankfurt project sparked, especially in Paul Tillich. Part 2 explores Jürgen Habermas' reconception and expansion of critical social theory, especially his ideas about hermeneutics, praxis, communicative action, and civil society as the locus of prophetic social movements. Finally, in Part 3 Simpson shows how Christian theology employs critical social theory for the tasks of prophetic reason in a global civil society. Simpson's work is at once a programmatic introduction and a creative theological proposal for public theology.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Gary M. Simpson is professor of systematic theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of Critical Social Theory: Prophetic Reasoning, Civil Society, and Christian Imagination (Fortress Press, 2002, 978-0-8006-2916-8).

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Critical Social Theory
Verlag: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, US
Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: New