Tag: Critique

Free Download The Diversity of Exploitation: On the Critique of Dominant Antiracism
by Eleonora Roldn Mendvil, Bafta Sarbo
English | 2024 | ISBN: 900471555X | 161 Pages | PDF | 6.23 MB

Free Download The Japanese Ideology: A Marxist Critique of Liberalism and Fascism by Jun Tosaka, Robert Stolz
English | September 17, 2024 | ISBN: 023121653X | 392 pages | PDF | 4.04 Mb
A major Marxist thinker and critic in 1930s Japan, Tosaka Jun was among the world’s most incisive―yet underrecognized―theorists of capitalism, fascism, and ideology during the years before World War II. The Japanese Ideology is his masterpiece, first published in 1935, as Japan and the world plummeted into an age of reaction. Tosaka offers a ruthless philosophical critique of contemporary ideology that exposes liberalism’s deep complicity with fascism.

Free Download Kant and Technics: From the Critique of Pure Reason to the Opus Postumum
by Franziska Aigner
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1350299030 | 281 Pages | True PDF | 3.47 MB

Free Download Xinyu Lu, "Neoliberalism or Neocollective Rural China: A Critique and Prospect"
English | ISBN: 9811647909 | 2024 | 412 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1271 KB + 9 MB
This book presents a groundbreaking critique of neo-liberal interpretations of global agricultural development, challenging dominant narratives with nuanced analyses rooted in historical and theoretical frameworks. It delves into diverse paths of agrarian transformation, from the "American Path" to the "Prussian Path," examining the complexities of state intervention, land ownership, and socio-political dynamics. Furthermore, it introduces an alternative vision for agricultural development: the construction of "Neo-collective Rural China." Through meticulous examination of case studies spanning China, Russia, and beyond, it unveils the intricacies of rural economies, migrant worker trends, and grassroots innovations. Emphasizing the need for inclusive policies and international collaboration, this work reimagines strategies for sustainable growth in the Global South, advocating for sovereignty, equity, and solidarity. A compelling synthesis of scholarship, it offers fresh insights into the multifaceted challenges facing contemporary agricultural development.

Free Download István Mészáros, "Beyond Leviathan: Critique of the State"
English | ISBN: 1583679499 | 2022 | 512 pages | PDF | 2 MB
A field-defining masterwork, this posthumous publication maps the evolution of the idea of the state from ancient Greece to today

Free Download The Empire of Civil Society: A Critique of the Realist Theory of International Relations
by Justin Rosenberg
English | 2024 | ISBN: 0860916073 | 236 Pages | True ePUB | 0.44 MB

Free Download Henri Lefebvre, "Critique of Everyday Life, Vol. 2: Foundations for a Sociology of the Everyday"
English | 2008 | pages: 213 | ISBN: 1859846505, 1844671925 | PDF | 27,6 mb
Henri Lefebvre’s magnum opus: a monumental exploration of contemporary society. Henri Lefebvre’s three-volume Critique of Everyday Life is perhaps the richest, most prescient work by one of the twentieth century’s greatest philosophers. Written at the birth of post-war consumerism, the Critique was a philosophical inspiration for the 1968 student revolution in France and is considered to be the founding text of all that we know as cultural studies, as well as a major influence on the fields of contemporary philosophy, geography, sociology, architecture, political theory and urbanism. A work of enormous range and subtlety, Lefebvre takes as his starting-point and guide the ‘trivial’ details of quotidian experience: an experience colonized by the commodity, shadowed by inauthenticity, yet one which remains the only source of resistance and change. This is an enduringly radical text, untimely today only in its intransigence and optimism.

Free Download Neil Wilcock, "Hartmut Elsenhans and a Critique of Capitalism: Conversations on Theory and Policy Implications"
English | ISBN: 1137564636 | 2016 | 196 pages | EPUB | 220 KB
This book presents a series of interviews with Hartmut Elsenhans on his wide-ranging theories and their policy implications. Serving as a compilation of his distilled thoughts, we discuss with him his unique world economic theory, his theorisation of social movements, his work on overcoming underdevelopment, and much more.

Free Download W. Bonefeld, "The Politics of Change: Globalization, Ideology and Critique"
English | 2001 | pages: 221 | ISBN: 0312235593, 134941414X, 0333760883 | PDF | 0,7 mb
Kant defined the Enlightenment as humanity’s attempt to leave behind its self-imposed immaturity. Social theory is thus charged with enlightening the human condition and its social constitution in order to achieve maturity and human dignity. Enlightenment is a thoroughly subversive business. The authors to this volume are in no way disturbed by the claim that everybody contributes to society according to their ability and that everybody receives according to their needs. What is disturbing, though, is that the demand for such a ‘change’ appears outdated and that, instead, many commentators espouse the idea that society’s ‘laws of development’ are governed by an invisible hand. The Politics of Change takes issues with such views. It does so through a timely assessment of the debate on globalization and contemporary versions of neo-liberal and neo-functionalist thought, which underpin much of the globalization discourse. The Politics of Change emphasizes ‘change’ as a project of human emancipation.

Free Download Marcel Stoetzler, "Critical Theory and the Critique of Antisemitism "
English | ISBN: 1350281379 | 2023 | 306 pages | EPUB | 551 KB
This volume provides a systematic re-examination of the Frankfurt School’s theory of antisemitism and, employing this critical theory, investigates the presence of antisemitism in 20th- and 21st-century politics and society. Critical Theory and the Critique of Antisemitism uncovers how critical theory differs from mainstream socialist or liberal critiques of antisemitism, as it frames its rejection of antisemitism in the critique of other aspects of modern capitalist society, which traditional theories leave unchallenged or critique only in passing. Amongst others, these include issues of identity, nation, race, and sexuality. In exploring the Frankfurt School’s writings on antisemitism therefore, the chapters in this book reveal connections to other pressing societal issues, such as racism more broadly, patriarchy, statism, and the societal dynamics of the ever-evolving capitalist mode of production. Putting the theory to practice, this volume brings together interdisciplinary scholars and activists who employ critical theory to scrutinise right- and left-wing manifestations of antisemitism. They develop, in their critique of antisemitism, a critique of capitalism, as the authors ask: why does modern capitalist society seem bound to produce antisemitism? And how do we challenge it? At a time when the rise of populism internationally has brought with it new strains of antisemitism, this is an essential resource that demonstrates the continuing relevance of the critical theory of the Frankfurt School for the struggle against antisemitism today.