Crisis and Commonwealth Marcuse, Marx, Mclaren |
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Editor:
| Reitz, Charles |
Contribution by:
| Anderson, Kevin B. Brodsky, David Brodsky, Patricia Pollock Daniel, Lloyd C. Dean, Jodi Dowd, Douglas Farr, Arnold L. Giroux, Henry A. Kisubi, Alfred T. Marciano, John Peter Marcuse, Peter Marcuse McLaren, Peter Spartan, Stephen Tauber, Zvi Whitehead, Fred |
ISBN: | 978-0-7391-8306-9 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $140.00 |
Book Description:
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Crisis and Commonwealth extends the critical theories of Marcuse and Marx to an analysis of the intensifying inequalities symptomatic of our current economic distress. A new foundation for emancipatory practice is proposed--a labor theory of ethics and commonwealth. The collection appeals to the contemporary interests of college students and teachers in several interrelated social science disciplines: sociology, social problems, economics, ethics, business ethics, labor education,...
More DescriptionCrisis and Commonwealth extends the critical theories of Marcuse and Marx to an analysis of the intensifying inequalities symptomatic of our current economic distress. A new foundation for emancipatory practice is proposed--a labor theory of ethics and commonwealth. The collection appeals to the contemporary interests of college students and teachers in several interrelated social science disciplines: sociology, social problems, economics, ethics, business ethics, labor education, history, political philosophy, multicultural education, and critical pedagogy. It concludes with a manifesto for radical educators by Peter McLaren.