To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse

by Carl R. Trueman

Publisher:

B&H Academic

, 2024

Overview

Critical theory has many faces; its complexities and nuances present a challenge to those seeking to engage with its thought. In order to understand critical theory today, we must first understand its origins, its development, and its consequences.

To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse by Carl R. Trueman is an accessible introduction to the history and development of critical theory. From Hegel and Marx, to Korsch and Lukács, to the Frankfurt School, to Wilhelm Reich and Herbert Marcuse—Trueman focuses on the key figures of critical theory, positioning them within their historical context and tracing the development of critical theory through its various movements, evolutions, nuances, and consequences.

Key Features

• Provides an accessible introduction to the history and development of critical theory
• Focuses on the key figures of critical theory, positioning them within their historical context
• Traces the development of critical theory through its various movements, evolutions, nuances, and consequences

Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: The Importance of Critical Theory
• Chapter 2: Hegel, Marx, and the Origins of Critical Theory
• Chapter 3: The Crucible of the Critical Imagination: Karl Korsch and Georg Lukács
• Chapter 4: The Frankfurt School: From Traditional Theory to Critical Theory
• Chapter 5: The Problems of Enlightenment
• Chapter 6: Critical Theory and Sexual Revolution: Wilhelm Reich and Herbert Marcuse
• Chapter 7: The Culture Industry
• Chapter 8: Negating the Spirit That Negates
• Name Index
• Subject Index

Product Details

• Title: To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse
• Author: Carl R. Trueman
• Publisher: B&H Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 256
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Critical theory; Antropology
• ISBNs: 9781087754406, 1087754402
• Resource ID: LLS:CHNGLLWRMRXMRCS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-08T20:51:27Z

About Carl R. Trueman

Carl R. Trueman is pastor of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Ambler, Pennsylvania. He has received degrees from St. Catharine’s College in Cambridge and the University of Aberdeen. Trueman is also professor of historical theology and church history and Paul Wooley Chair of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary. He has authored several books and was editor of Themelios from 1998–2007.