Emmanuel Renault is Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Paris Nanterre. He is the author of several books on Marx, Hegel, social philosophy and contemporary critical theory. He is the former editor of the journal Actuel Marx and co-editor of Critical Horizons.Translated by Maude Dews.

Emmanuel Renault is the leading voice in the new wave of critical theory that has flourished in France in the last two decades. In Social Suffering, he demonstrates through staggeringly rich empirical detail and incisive conceptual analyses how individual experiences of social pathologies, the experiences of social suffering, can form the basis of a consistent critique of modern society. The book is a tour de force of contemporary critical theory, combining in masterful ways sociological, psychological and political reflection.

• Introduction / 1. Obstacles and Problems / 2. A Political Vocabulary / 3. Outlines of a Conceptualization / 4. Social Suffering and Social Criticism / Index / About the Author

Emmanuel Renault is Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Paris Nanterre. He is the author of several books on Marx, Hegel, social philosophy and contemporary critical theory. He is the former editor of the journal Actuel Marx and co-editor of Critical Horizons.Translated by Maude Dews.

Emmanuel Renault is the leading voice in the new wave of critical theory that has flourished in France in the last two decades. In Social Suffering, he demonstrates through staggeringly rich empirical detail and incisive conceptual analyses how individual experiences of social pathologies, the experiences of social suffering, can form the basis of a consistent critique of modern society. The book is a tour de force of contemporary critical theory, combining in masterful ways sociological, psychological and political reflection.

• Introduction / 1. Obstacles and Problems / 2. A Political Vocabulary / 3. Outlines of a Conceptualization / 4. Social Suffering and Social Criticism / Index / About the Author

Emmanuel Renault is Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Paris Nanterre. He is the author of several books on Marx, Hegel, social philosophy and contemporary critical theory. He is the former editor of the journal Actuel Marx and co-editor of Critical Horizons.Translated by Maude Dews.

Emmanuel Renault is the leading voice in the new wave of critical theory that has flourished in France in the last two decades. In Social Suffering, he demonstrates through staggeringly rich empirical detail and incisive conceptual analyses how individual experiences of social pathologies, the experiences of social suffering, can form the basis of a consistent critique of modern society. The book is a tour de force of contemporary critical theory, combining in masterful ways sociological, psychological and political reflection.

• Introduction / 1. Obstacles and Problems / 2. A Political Vocabulary / 3. Outlines of a Conceptualization / 4. Social Suffering and Social Criticism / Index / About the Author