Samir Gandesha

Historians and theorists debate the return of fascism, focusing on case studies from around the world.

Historical, Theoretical and International Perspectives

Spectres of Fascism

Lars Rensmann

Hannah Arendt and Theodor W. Adorno, two of the most influential political philosophers and theorists of the twentieth century, were contemporaries with similar interests, backgrounds, and a shared experience of exile. Yet until now, no book has brought them together. In this first comparative study of their work, leading scholars discuss divergences, disclose surprising affinities, and find common ground between the two thinkers. This pioneering work recovers the relevance of Arendt and Adorno for contemporary political theory and philosophy and lays the foundation for a critical understanding of political modernity: from universalistic claims for political freedom to the abyss of genocidal politics.

Political and Philosophical Investigations

Arendt and Adorno

Johan F. Hartle

This book explores the tradition, impact, and contemporary relevance of two key ideas from Western Marxism: Georg Luk�cs's concept of reification, in which social aspects of humanity are viewed in objectified terms, and Guy Debord's concept of the spectacle, where the world is packaged and presented to consumers in uniquely mediated ways. Bringing the original, yet now often forgotten, theoretical contexts for these terms back to the fore, Samir Gandesha and Johan Hartle offer a new look at the importance of Western Marxism from its early days to the present moment--and reveal why Marxist cultural critique must continue to play a vital role in any serious sociological analysis of contemporary society.

Samir Gandesha

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