The Logos Reader: Rational Radicalism and the Future of Politics

Founded in 2002, Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture was established in response to the increasing erosion of a left political culture and the new possibilities for international political engagement and cooperation produced by the Internet. Many of the best known intellectual representatives of what might be termed a "rational radicalism" soon served as the core group for this new online journal that has reached about four million readers. The Logos Reader brings together the most influential and controversial work to appear in the journal. In its pages, writers of exceptional stature such as Stanley Aronowitz, Ulrich Beck, Drucilla Cornell, Fred Dallmayr, Jürgen Habermas, Douglas Kellner, and Eric Rouleau articulate liberal and socialist values even as they retain theoretical viewpoints influenced by critical theory. The contributors deal with some of the most pressing political issues of our age, including transnational developments, U.S. foreign policy, the Iraqi War, the plight of the Palestinians, and the domestic concerns currently dominating American politics. With themes that speak to the most pertinent and enduring issues of a post-9/11 culture, the essays in The Logos Reader represent the best of modern liberal thought and will influence contemporary political discourse.

About the Author :
Stephen Eric Bronner, Senior Editor of Logos, is Distinguished Professor of political science at Rutgers University. He is the author of numerous books, including Of Critical Theory and Its Theorists, and Blood in the Sand: Imperial Fantasies, Right-Wing Ambitions, and the Erosion of American Democracy. Michael J. Thompson, editor and founder of Logos, is assistant professor of political science at William Paterson University and editor of the collection Islam and the West: Critical Perspectives on Modernity.

Review :
"The Logos Reader provides progressives with cause for hope in a dark time. It proves that academically grounded writing can be lucid and political critique can be coherent and affirmative. Taken together, the essays in this book, in all their diversity, invite others to join the inspiring project they serve so well-to revive the rationality essential to truly radical thinking." -- Thomas de Zengotita, author of Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and th "A distinctive, timely, and important collection that manifests a 'left' reconnecting with its historicist roots to reconstitute itself politically in a time of crisis. Prominent authors, public relevance of topics, and lucid writing should make the work attractive to a wide range of liberal and left-leaning readers. It will also be appreciated by others who simply want to know more about today's left and alternative policy regimes." -- Robert J. Antonio, author of Marx and Modernity "A lively and important contribution to a number of debates in the realm of politics and society, with particular strengths in political theory and Middle East politics." -- Kevin B. Anderson, coauthor of Foucault and the Iranian Revolution "Don't read this unless you treasure a serious intellectual challenge and learning a lot about things you thought you already knew. A judicious sampling of one of the web's best hidden success stories has just been repackaged to fit into your book case. Grab it." -- Bertell Ollman, author of Dance of the Dialectic: Steps In Marx's Method