This
course will
investigate critical
theory from its Marxist origins to the Frankfurt School and beyond, by
surveying its major theorists and their foundational texts, including that of Marx, Horkheimer, Adorno, Benjamin, Fromm,
Marcuse, and Habermas. This will be followed
by an investigation into the contemporary re-conceptualizations and applications of critical
theory in different academic fields and traditions of thought, with special attentionon the field of media and communication studies.