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Jeffrey A. Halley
Introduction: The Problem of the Cybernetic Society Michael Thompson, over the past ten or so years, has created a considerable corpus of significant work which has established him as a leading next generation critical theorist. In The Domestication of Critical Theory, Thompson offers a critique of Jürgen Habermas and Axel Honneth for abandoning a Marxist…
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2016: vol. 15, nos. 2-3
Introduction Alain Badiou and Theodor Adorno explore the critical power of art and its capacity to delegitimize existing restraints in society, economy, culture, and politics. Of course, art can reinforce, perpetuate, or propagate these restraints as well. Therefore, perhaps the most affirmative exploration of art lies in its negative potential: that is, its capacity to…
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