Abstract

Introduction The Marxian Emancipatory Vision and the Problem of Revolutionary Agency Departures from Traditional Marxism Origins and Development of Critical Theory Dialectic of Enlightenment The Eclipse of the Emancipatory Vision Horkheimer and Adorno Despair and Possibility in a Time of Eclipse Marxism Revisited Marcuse's Search for a Subject Habermas Reconstructing Critical Theory Reconceptualizing Radical Politics References Index.