GERMAN CRITICAL THEORY AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY Not offered in 1996. 16.7 4th year Horst Imberger. A weekly 2-hour seminar. Students completing this subject should:
  • have developed an understanding of the critical theory of the German Frankfurt School and its contemporaries;
  • explored this understanding through an engagement with the literature;
  • relate the themes of German theory to issues and problems in contemporary society.
The examination of the critical thought of a number of German social theorists within the context of the modernity-postmodernity problematic and focusing on Habermas's theory of Communicative Action One essay of 2,000 words and one essay of 3,000 words. GERMAN CRITICAL THEORY AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY Not offered in 1996. 16.7 4th year Horst Imberger. A weekly 2-hour seminar. Students completing this subject should:
  • have developed an understanding of the critical theory of the German Frankfurt School and its contemporaries
  • explored this understanding through an engagement with the literature
  • relate the themes of German theory to issues and problems in contemporary society.
The examination of the critical thought of a number of German social theorists within the context of the modernity-postmodernity problematic and focussing on Habermas's theory of Communicative Action One essay of 3,000 words and one essay of 3,000 words.