David Ingram is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University, Chicago.

• Series Preface; Introduction, David Ingram; 1. Carl Schmitt and early Western Marxism, Christopher Thornhill; 2. The origins and development of the model of early critical theory in the work of Max Horkheimer, Erich Fromm, and Herbert Marcuse, John Abromeit; 3. Theodor W. Adorno, Deborah Cook; 4. Walter Benjamin, James McFarland | 5. Hannah Arendt: rethinking the political, Peg Birmingham; 6. Georges Bataille, Peter Tracey Connor; 7. French Marxism in its heyday, William L. McBride; 8. Black existentialism, Lewis R. Gordon; 9. Ferdinand de Saussure and linguistic structuralism, Thomas F. Broden; 10. Claude Levi-Strauss, Brian C. J. Singer; 11. Jacques Lacan, Ed Pluth; 12. Late pragmatism, logical positivism, and their aftermath, David Ingram

"Every one of the essays provides a clear and concise introduction to its subject. An invaluable work of reference and a most stimulating introduction to the way continental philosophy responded to the problems faced by liberal-capitalist societies in the early twentieth century." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

David Ingram is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University, Chicago.

• Series Preface; Introduction, David Ingram; 1. Carl Schmitt and early Western Marxism, Christopher Thornhill; 2. The origins and development of the model of early critical theory in the work of Max Horkheimer, Erich Fromm, and Herbert Marcuse, John Abromeit; 3. Theodor W. Adorno, Deborah Cook; 4. Walter Benjamin, James McFarland | 5. Hannah Arendt: rethinking the political, Peg Birmingham; 6. Georges Bataille, Peter Tracey Connor; 7. French Marxism in its heyday, William L. McBride; 8. Black existentialism, Lewis R. Gordon; 9. Ferdinand de Saussure and linguistic structuralism, Thomas F. Broden; 10. Claude Levi-Strauss, Brian C. J. Singer; 11. Jacques Lacan, Ed Pluth; 12. Late pragmatism, logical positivism, and their aftermath, David Ingram

"Every one of the essays provides a clear and concise introduction to its subject. An invaluable work of reference and a most stimulating introduction to the way continental philosophy responded to the problems faced by liberal-capitalist societies in the early twentieth century." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

David Ingram is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University, Chicago.

• Series Preface; Introduction, David Ingram; 1. Carl Schmitt and early Western Marxism, Christopher Thornhill; 2. The origins and development of the model of early critical theory in the work of Max Horkheimer, Erich Fromm, and Herbert Marcuse, John Abromeit; 3. Theodor W. Adorno, Deborah Cook; 4. Walter Benjamin, James McFarland | 5. Hannah Arendt: rethinking the political, Peg Birmingham; 6. Georges Bataille, Peter Tracey Connor; 7. French Marxism in its heyday, William L. McBride; 8. Black existentialism, Lewis R. Gordon; 9. Ferdinand de Saussure and linguistic structuralism, Thomas F. Broden; 10. Claude Levi-Strauss, Brian C. J. Singer; 11. Jacques Lacan, Ed Pluth; 12. Late pragmatism, logical positivism, and their aftermath, David Ingram

"Every one of the essays provides a clear and concise introduction to its subject. An invaluable work of reference and a most stimulating introduction to the way continental philosophy responded to the problems faced by liberal-capitalist societies in the early twentieth century." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews