Critical Theory, Poststructuralism and Nietzsches Paradox ... - 9781041052272

Critical Theory, Poststructuralism and Nietzsches ParadoxThe Missing Debate Between Adorno and Deleuze Over Dialectics\nAuthor(s): Nektarios Kastrinakis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781041052272, 978-1041052272\nSynopsis\nCritical Theory, Poststructuralism and Nietzsches Paradox addresses a fundamental question in the exchange between Critical Theory and poststructuralism: is poststructuralism justified in its critique of dialectical thinking and in the conclusion of this critique that we need to leave dialectics behind us to properly understand the social world?\n\nWhen Deleuzes book Nietzsche and Philosophy was first published back in 1962, it caused a sensation in France, and its Nietzschean critique of Hegelian dialectics played a pivotal role in the emergence of the current of thought we call poststructuralism. However, to what extent is this critique valid and justified? This question has never been adequa.