Comments on: Preparing for Fragmentation http://roughtheory.org/2007/12/20/preparing-for-fragmentation/ Theory In The Rough Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:20:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: N Pepperell http://roughtheory.org/2007/12/20/preparing-for-fragmentation/#comment-1461 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:08:16 +0000 http://www.roughtheory.org/content/preparing-for-fragmentation/#comment-1461 Hey Adam – I had considered the Postone, but it’s fairly dense text, for the most part. He might have an article that might be more appropriate – it might be worth my hunting around in his other publications to see. I had also considered the Horkheimer but, on a look back, feel that it’s probably also too dense. It’s sort of reassuring, though, to hear similar things come to mind for someone else :-)

I’ve considered perhaps some excerpts from more aphoristically structured Frankfurt School material. I’ve also considered using part of Postone’s chapter on the first generation Frankfurt School, as that one is a bit more accessible, I think, than the more theoretical chapters.

The Geuss is a good idea – I’ll have a flip through and see what could be excerpted.

]]> By: Adam Leeds http://roughtheory.org/2007/12/20/preparing-for-fragmentation/#comment-1460 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:31:41 +0000 http://www.roughtheory.org/content/preparing-for-fragmentation/#comment-1460 The first two chapters of Postone’s Time, Labor, and Social Domination would be my obvious first pick. Also, that Horkheimer essay, Traditional and Critical Theory. But I’m not sure if those count as “accessible”. More accessible might be the little book (or chapters of it) by Raymond Geuss, The Idea of a Critical Theory, that lays out the arguments for different kinds of Marxist theories called ‘critical’ very very clearly.

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