About the Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction: Critical Theory in Critical Times xiii
5. I. The Future of Democracy
6. 1. An Exploration of the Meaning of Transnationalization of Democracy, Using the Example of the European Union 3
7. II. Human Rights and Sovereignty
8. 2. Democratic Sovereignty and Transnational Law 21
9. 3. Human Rights, Sovereignty, and the Responsibility to Protect 47
10. 4. A Critical Theory of Human Rights—Some Groundwork 74
11. III. Political Rights in Neoliberal Times
12. 5. Neoliberalism and the Economization of Rights 91
13. 6. Law and Domination 117
14. IV. Criticizing Capitalism
15. 7. Behind Marx’s Hidden Abode: For an Expanded Conception of Capitalism 141
16. 8. A Wide Concept of Economy 160
17. V. The End of Progress in Postcolonial Times
18. 9. Adorno, Foucault, and the End of Progress 183
19. 10. “Post-Foucault”: The Critical Time of the Present 207
20. 11. Criticizing Critical Theory 233
21. Bibliography 251
22. About the Contributors 271
23. Index 277