Of Critical Theory and its Theorists is an intelligent , accessible overview of the entire Critical Theory Tradition, written by one of the leading experts on the subject. Filled with original insights and valuable historical narratives, Of Critical Theory and Its Theorists covers the work of major philosphical thinkers such as Benjamin, Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse and Habermas and revisits the contributions of lesser-known figures such as Karl Korsch and Ernst Bloch. Bronner measures the writing of these theorists against each other, postmodernist philosophers and the critical tradition reaching back to Hegel. Of Critical Theory and Its Thoerists presents new insights useful to experienced scholars and offers clear summaries for students making this book an ideal introduction to the debates surrounding one of the most important intellectual traditions of the 20th Century.

Stephen Bronner is Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University. He serves on the editorial boards of the journals New Politics and New Political Science. He is the author or editor of fifteen books, including Moments of Decision (Routledge, 1992), which won APSA's Michael Harrington Book Award.

Introduction: From the First Edition to the Second2. Sketching the Lineage: The Critical Methond and the Idealist Tradition3. Karl Korsch: Western Marxism and the Origins of Critical Theory4. Philosophical Anticipations: A Commentary on the Reification Eassay of Georg Lukacs5. Horkheimer's Road7. Reclaiming the Fragments: On the Messianic Materialism of Walter Benjamin8. Political Aesthetics: Reflections on the Expressionless Debate9. Dialectics at a Standstill: A Methodolgoical Inquiry into the Philosophy of Theodore Adorno10. Fromm in America11. The Anthropological Break: Aesthetics and Politics in the Work of Herbert Marcuse12. Jurgen Habermas and the Language of Politics13. Critical Theory and Civil Society14. Points of Departure:Sketches for a Critical Theory with Public Aims