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CRITICAL THEORY OF THE FAMILY
Mark Poster

Condition: Good. Clean and firm copy, minimal cover wear, slight toning to page edges consistent with age. Name inscription.

About the Book
Critical Theory of the Family explores the evolution of family structures as both agents and products of social power. Mark Poster situates the family at the crossroads of psychoanalysis, Marxism, and social theory, drawing from Freud, Reich, Marcuse, Lacan, Laing, Parsons, and Bateson.

Poster examines how familial forms from the aristocratic household to the working-class nuclear family encode hierarchies of age, gender, and authority, reproducing the broader patterns of domination within society. Yet he also considers the family as a potential site of transformation, in which emancipatory relationships might arise. His study balances critique with the possibility of renewal, making this work a lucid contribution to both critical sociology and the psychology of intimate life.

About the Author
Mark Poster (19412012) was an American historian and social theorist, Professor at the University of California, Irvine. Known for his writings on existential Marxism, post-structuralism, and media theory, Posters work bridges historical scholarship with philosophical inquiry. His later books including The Mode of Information and Foucault, Marxism and History established him as a leading interpreter of continental theory in the Anglophone world.

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18 Nov 2025