{"product_id":"9781350498983","title":"Internationalization of Critical Theory Frankfurt School Receptions in Europe, the Americas and East Asia","description":"\u003ch1\u003eInternationalization of Critical Theory\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrankfurt School Receptions in Europe, the Americas and East Asia\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJohn Abromeit | Rúrion Melo | Luiz Repa\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Political\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Walter Benjamin in Argentina to Theodor Adorno in Japan, this collection brings together leading scholars of Critical Theory to examine the impact of the Frankfurt School across global histories of the 20th century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Featuring essays on Critical Theory's role in Brazil during dictatorship and redemocratization; the influence of Herbert Marcuse in Pinochet's Chile; the politics of Critical Theory in South Korea and intellectual relationships across Yugoslavia, Germany and the United States, the chapters in this volume consider how social, political, historical and intellectual conditions shaped local receptions of the Frankfurt School, and how the School's key thinkers in turn helped to transform these conditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Guided by Max Horkheimer's seminal distinction between critical and traditional theory, in which Critical Theory is distinguished by its self-reflexivity and awareness of its location within a larger social totality, \u003ci\u003eThe Internationalization of Critical Theory\u003c\/i\u003e offers a groundbreaking reflection on Critical Theory at an international scale. Tracing the legacy of the Frankfurt School across Latin America, East Asia, Europe and North America, this volume offers new insights into the intellectual histories of both Critical Theory and global politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Abromeit \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor in the Department of History at SUNY, Buffalo State, USA. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuiz Repa \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Philosophy at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRúrion Melo\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Political Science at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350498983\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e376\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944610693260,"sku":"9781350498983","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_15b2032b-3f6a-4169-bbac-34fb9fd637f0.jpg?v=1786035861","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350498983","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}