Name: Critical Theory and the Machinery of Society: From the Frankfurt School to Digital Capitalism (Philosophy Without Footnotes: Language & Power)
SKU: 68921229
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Author: Aiguafreda, Quim
ISBN: 9798190486674

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Critical Theory and the Machinery of Society: From the Frankfurt School to Digital Capitalism (Philosophy Without Footnotes: Language & Power)

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Physical Book

Publisher

Independently published

Author

Aiguafreda, Quim

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9798190486674

Critical Theory and the Machinery of Society: From the Frankfurt School to Digital Capitalism (Philosophy Without Footnotes: Language & Power)

Aiguafreda, Quim (Author) · Independently published · Paperback

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Synopsis "Critical Theory and the Machinery of Society: From the Frankfurt School to Digital Capitalism (Philosophy Without Footnotes: Language & Power)"

Modern society promises freedom, choice, efficiency, and connection. It also delivers insecure work, unaffordable housing, constant surveillance, algorithmic management, political spectacle, ecological crisis, and the cheerful suggestion that any resulting distress can be solved through better personal habits. Critical Theory and the Machinery of Society explains how thinkers from Karl Marx and the Frankfurt School to Michel Foucault, feminist theory, critical race theory, and postcolonial thought help us understand the systems shaping everyday life. Complex ideas such as ideology, alienation, hegemony, instrumental reason, the culture industry, biopolitics, and governmentality are explained in clear language and applied to work, debt, media, platforms, climate breakdown, and artificial intelligence. This is not a reverent tour of philosophical monuments. It is an accessible guide to the machinery behind modern society: who owns it, who maintains it, how it secures consent, and why arrangements created by human beings so often present themselves as natural laws. The machinery is not hidden. It is in the workplace dashboard, the rental payment, the recommendation feed, the credit score, the border system, and the artificial intelligence model explaining that no human being was responsible for the decision. Understanding it is the first step toward deciding who should control it.