Prelims
ISBN: 978-1-78714-572-6, eISBN: 978-1-78714-571-9
ISSN: 0278-1204
Publication date: 26 November 2019
Citation
(2019), "Prelims", The Challenge of Progress (Current Perspectives in Social Theory, Vol. 36), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-xi. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0278-120420190000036001
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Half Title Page
THE CHALLENGE OF PROGRESS
Series Page
CURRENT PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL THEORY
Series Editor: Harry F. Dahms
Recent Volumes:
| Volume 23: | Social Theory as Politics in Knowledge, 2005, Edited by Jennifer M. Lehmann |
| Volume 24: | Globalization between the Cold War and Neo-imperialism, 2006, Edited by Jennifer M. Lehmann and Harry F. Dahms |
| Volume 25: | No Social Science without Critical Theory, 2008, Edited by Harry F. Dahms |
| Volume 26: | Nature, Knowledge and Negation, 2009, Edited by Harry F. Dahms |
| Volume 27: | Theorizing the Dynamics of Social Processes, 2010, Edited by Harry F. Dahms and Lawrence Hazelrigg |
| Volume 28: | The Vitality of Critical Theory, 2011, by Harry F. Dahms |
| Volume 29: | The Diversity of Social Theories, 2011, Edited by Harry F. Dahms |
| Volume 30: | Theorizing Modern Society as a Dynamic Process, 2012, Edited by Harry F. Dahms and Lawrence Hazelrigg |
| Volume 31: | Social Theories of History and Histories of Social Theory, 2013, Edited by Harry F. Dahms |
| Volume 32: | Mediations of Social Life in the 21st Century, 2014, Edited by Harry F. Dahms |
| Volume 33: | Globalization, Critique and Social Theory: Diagnoses and Challenges, 2015, Edited by Harry F. Dahms |
| Volume 34: | States and Citizens: Accommodation, Facilitation and Resistance to Globalization, 2015, Edited by Jon Shefner |
| Volume 35: | Reconstructing Social Theory, History and Practice, Edited by Harry F. Dahms and Eric R. Lybeck |
Editorial Advisory Board
EDITOR
Harry F. Dahms
University of Tennessee (Sociology)
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Robert J. Antonio
University of Kansas (Sociology)
Lawrence Hazelrigg
Florida State University (Sociology)
Timothy Luke
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Political Science)
EDITORIAL BOARD
Sarah Amsler
University of Lincoln (Educational Research and Development)
Kevin B. Anderson
University of California, Santa Barbara (Sociology)
Stanley Aronowitz
City University of New York – Graduate Center (Sociology)
Molefi Kete Asante
Temple University (African-American Studies)
David Ashley
University of Wyoming (Sociology)
Robin Celikates
University of Amsterdam (Philosophy)
Norman K. Denzin
University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign (Sociology)
Arnold Farr
University of Kentucky (Philosophy)
Nancy Fraser
New School for Social Research (Political Science)
Martha Gimenez
University of Colorado – Boulder (Sociology)
Robert Goldman
Lewis and Clark College (Sociology and Anthropology)
Mark Gottdiener
State University of New York at Buffalo (Sociology)
Douglas Kellner
University of California – Los Angeles (Philosophy)
Daniel Krier
Iowa State University (Sociology)
Lauren Langman
Loyola University (Sociology)
Eric R. Lybeck
University of Exeter (Sociology)
John O’Neill
York University (Sociology)
Paul Paolucci
Eastern Kentucky University (Sociology)
Lawrence Scaff
Wayne State University (Political Science)
Steven Seidman
State University of New York at Albany (Sociology)
Helmut Staubmann
Leopold Franzens University, Innsbruck (Sociology)
Alexander Stoner
Salisbury University (Sociology)
Stephen Turner
The University of South Florida (Philosophy)
Title Page
CURRENT PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL THEORY VOLUME 36
THE CHALLENGE OF PROGRESS: THEORY BETWEEN CRITIQUE AND IDEOLOGY
EDITED BY
HARRY F. DAHMS
University of Tennessee, USA
United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China
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Dedication
This volume is dedicated to the memory of
Moishe Postone (1942–2018), member of the
Editorial Board from 2002 to 2018 and
contributor to volumes 19 and 33.
List of Contributors
| Amy Allen | Department of Philosophy, Penn State University, USA |
| Robert J. Antonio | Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, USA |
| Patricia Arend | Department of Behavioral Sciences, Fitchburg State University, USA |
| Katherine Comeau | Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame, USA |
| Daniel M. Harrison | Department of Government, Criminology, and Sociology, Lander University, USA |
| Lawrence Hazelrigg | Department of Sociology, Florida State University, USA |
| Reha Kadakal | Sociology Program, California State University Channel Islands, USA |
| Timothy W. Luke | Department of Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA |
| Karen Ng | Department of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, USA |
| Kevin Olson | Department of Political Science, University of California, USA |
| George Steinmetz | Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, USA |
| Shawn Van Valkenburgh | Department of Sociology, University of California, USA |
- Prelims
- Introduction
- Part I Identifying the Challenge: A Critical Discussion of the End of Progress: Decolonizing the Normative Foundations of Critical Theory (2016), By Amy Allen
- History, Critique, and Progress: Amy Allen’s “End of Progress” and the Normative Grounding of Critical Theory
- Inheriting Critical Theory: A Review of Amy Allen’s the End of Progress: Decolonizing the Normative Foundations of Critical Theory
- Back to Adorno: Critical Theory’s Problem of Normative Grounding
- Decolonizing Critical Theory
- Progress, Normativity, and the “Decolonization” of Critical Theory: Reply to Critics
- Part II Assessing the Challenge: Progress, Politics, and Ideology
- Nietzsche after Charlottesville
- “How Can [We] Not Know?” Blade Runner as Cinematic Landmark in Critical Thought
- Sociology at the End of History: Profession, Vocation and Critical Practice
- Part III Confronting the Challenge: The Dynamics of Progress in the Modern Age
- Las Vegas as the Anthropocene: The Neoliberal City as Desertification All the Way Down
- Exchanging Social Change for Social Class: Traditional Marriage Proposals as Status and Scrip
- Sociology’s Emancipation from Philosophy: The Influence of Francis Bacon on Émile Durkheim
- About the Contributors
- Index