Discourse of Domination

Ben Agger, Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the author of many previous books on media and critical theory, including ""Postponing the Postmodern: Sociological Practices, Selves, and Theories"" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2002).

• AcknowledgmentsPart One: The Left's Right1. Introduction: Beyond the End of Ideology2. Marxism "or" the Frankfurt School?3. The Crisis of the "Crisis of Marxism"4. The Micro-Macro Nonproblem5. The Problem of PostmodernismPart Two: Back to Frankfurt6. Marcuse's Growing Relevance7. Marcuse's Freudian Marxism8. Marcuse's "One-Dimensionality"9. Marcuse's Aesthetic Politics10. Work and Authority in Marcuse and Habermas11. Marcuse and Habermas on New SciencePart Three: Beyond the End of Ideology12. On Happiness and the Damaged Life13. Critical Theory, Scientism, and Empiricism14. Toward a New Intellectuality15. Postmodernism: Ideology or Critical Theory?BibliographyIndex