Contemporary critical theory and methodology / by Piet Strydom.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Metatheoretical foundations -- Classical foundations -- Appropriation of the classical foundations -- Contemporary critical theory and pragmatism -- Immanent transcendence as key concept -- Methodology -- Contemporary critical theorists on methodology -- The methodological framework of critical theory -- Varieties of critique : critical theory compared -- Methodology in action.

Contemporary Critical Theory and Methodology is unique in presenting the first critical collection of texts dealing with the debate between critical theory and pragmatism. Piet Strydom focuses in particular on the implications that the relation between the two has for the methodology and research practice of contemporary critical theory.