Books by Andrew Feenberg

Philosophy of Praxisexamines the work of four Marxist thinkers, the early Marx and Lukcs, and the Frankfurt School philosophers Adorno and Marcuse. The book holds that fundamental philosophical problems are in reality social problems, abstractly conceived. This argument has two implications: on the one hand, philosophical problems are significant insofar as they reflect real social contradictions; on the other hand, philosophy cannot resolve the problems it identifies because only social revolution can eliminate their social causes.Feenberg's Lukacs, Marx and the Sources of Critical Theory was an intellectual history of these discussions.Philosophy of Praxisis an update of that classic theoretical work, which details how the discussion has been taken up by contemporary schools of thought, including Marxist political theory and continental philosophy.

The first to engage Marcuse as a philosopher of technology, this book contrasts his ideas with Heidegger, and relates their work to contemporary technology studies. Both the historical and theoretical aspects of the debate are explored.

Questioning Reality convinces us that it is vital that we learn more about technology the better to live with it and manage it.