Reconstituting Social Criticism: Political Morality in an Age of Skepticism

by Iain M. Mackenzie (Editor), Shane O'Neill (Editor)

In the context of a new global order where the logic of the market reigns virtually unopposed, there is a clear need for original thinking that might reinvigorate a progressive political project. We need to find a convincing set of normative standards that can animate political action and direct us towards a just order. This collection of essay assesses the prospects for reconstituting a vibrant intellectual forum that will facilitate theoretical perspectives that have emerged in response to this crisis of philosophically inspired criticism. The volume gathers together, in a mutually enriching dialogue, critical agendas that have been built on the insights of egalitarians, socialists, critical theorists, poststructuralists, and theorists of psychoanalysis and hermeneutics.

217 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1999