A Review of To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse by Carl R. Trueman
All of a sudden, everyone seems to have an opinion on critical theory. The once-obscure names of Herbert Marcuse, Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, Wilhelm Reich, and others are now bandied about with an air of familiarity. But do we really know what we’re talking about? How are we to think about critical theory—or, to put it more accurately, critical theories?
Enter Carl Trueman to clear the fog. Trueman has published a string of stellar books on the philosophical and cultural forces that have shaped our world today. And with this new one, To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse, he has added another to the list. In this book he sets out to help readers better grasp some of the...
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