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Book review: critical theory of communication: new readings of Lukacs, Adorno, Marcuse, Honneth and Habermas in the age of the internet by Christian Fuchs

Hodgkin, Adam (2017) Book review: critical theory of communication: new readings of Lukacs, Adorno, Marcuse, Honneth and Habermas in the age of the internet by Christian Fuchs. LSE Review of Books (04 Apr 2017). Website.

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Abstract

In Critical Theory of Communication, Christian Fuchs explores how the theories of five key thinkers from the Frankfurt School – Georg Lukács, Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, Axel Honneth and Jürgen Habermas – can contribute to a critical understanding of contemporary media. While the book succeeds in underscoring the need to continue re-examining the vital contributions of these theorists, it does not always fully convince of their relevance to more specific aspects of the digital age, argues Adam Hodgkin.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information: © 2017 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
J Political Science > JC Political theory
J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General)
T Technology > T Technology (General)
Date Deposited: 05 May 2017 10:37
Last Modified: 11 Dec 2024 15:37
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/75596

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