A Time for Critique

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-231-19126-5
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 242 mm x 164 mm, Gewicht: 606 g

Reihe: New Directions in Critical Theory

In A Time for Critique, Didier Fassin, Bernard E. Harcourt, and a group of eminent political theorists, anthropologists, sociologists, philosophers, literary and legal scholars reflect on the multiplying contexts and forms of critical discourses and on the social actors and social movements engaged in them.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harcourt, Bernard E.

Fassin, Didier

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Über Autor(innen)

Didier Fassin is the James Wolfensohn Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and a director of studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. The author of sixteen books, including most recently Life: A Critical User’s Manual, he was awarded the Gold Medal in anthropology at the Swedish Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences and was the first social scientist to receive the Nomis Distinguished Scholar Award.

Bernard E. Harcourt is the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and professor of political science at Columbia University and a director of studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. The founding director of the Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought at Columbia University, he is author of several books, including most recently The Counterrevolution: How Our Government Went to War Against Its Own Citizens.