Illusion and Fetishism in Critical Theory by Vasilis Grollios - 9781032562728

Illusion and Fetishism in Critical TheoryA study of Nietzsche, Benjamin, Castoriadis and the Situationists\nAuthor(s): Vasilis Grollios\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032562728, 978-1032562728\nSynopsis\nThrough the negative dialectics of Theodore Adorno, Illusion and Fetishism in Critical Theory offers an examination of Nietzsche, Benjamin, Castoriadis and the Situationists, who put the concept of illusion at the forefront of their philosophical thought.\n\nVasilis Grollios argues that these political philosophers, except Castoriadis, have up to now been wrongly considered by many scholars to be far from the line of thinking of negative dialectics, Critical Theory and the early Frankfurt School/Open Marxist tradition. He illustrates how these thinkers focused on the illusions of capitalism and attempted to show how capitalism, by its innate rationale, creates social forms that are presented as unavoidable and.