Critical Theory in Critical Times (eBook)

Acknowledgments Introduction: Critical Theory in Critical Times Part I. The Future of Democracy 1. An Exploration of the Meaning of Transnationalization of Democracy, Using the Example of the European Union, by Jürgen Habermas Part II. Human Rights and Sovereignty 2. Democratic Sovereignty and Transnational Law: On Legal Utopianism and Democratic Skepticism, by Seyla Benhabib 3. Human Rights, Sovereignty, and the Responsibility to Protect, by Cristina Lafont 4. A Critical Theory of Human Rights-Some Groundwork, by Rainer Forst Part III. Political Rights in Neoliberal Times 5. Neoliberalism and the Economization of Rights, by Wendy Brown 6. Law and Domination, by Christoph Menke Part IV. Criticizing Capitalism 7. Behind Marx's Hidden Abode: For an Expanded Conception of Capitalism, by Nancy Fraser 8. A Wide Concept of Economy: Economy as a Social Practice and the Critique of Capitalism, by Rahel Jaeggi Part V. The End of Progress in Postcolonial Times 9. Adorno, Foucault, and the End of Progress: Critical Theory in Postcolonial Times, by Amy Allen 10. "Post-Foucault": The Critical Time of the Present, by Penelope Deutscher 11. Criticizing Critical Theory, by Charles W. Mills Bibliography About the Contributors Index