SOC 3310 Study Guide - Endangerment, Industrialisation, Herbert Marcuse

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3310
• Professor: Reza Barmaki

Document Summary

Critical theory is the name given to that school of thought that emerged from the writing of the members of frankfurt school, among them t. w adorno, max. Drawn together by a common interest in marxism one and its relevance to a. Institute for social research at the university of frankfurt world dominated by stalinism in the east and by emerging fascism in europe. Critical theory was distinguished from traditional, i. e. , scientific social, theory by its commitment to a moral concept of progress and emancipation that would form the foundation for all its studies. Multidisciplinary approach drawing upon psychology sociology, economics and politics to develop its unique standpoint and it was committed finally to the idea that knowledge should be pit to use to achieve a just and democratic social order. J rgen habermas is the most prominent second-generation critical theorist.