Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Sketch for a Social Theory of the Dialectic of Control

1. A Synthetic Social Theory Perspective

2. From Hegel’s Dialectic to Marx’s Critical Theory

3. The Dialectic of Control and the Struggle for Recognition

4. The Rationalization of Control

5. Modernity as a Constellation of Social Conflict

Part 2: Metamorphoses of the Dialectic of Control

6. Modernity in Transition: The Contemporary Reconfiguration

7. Wage Labour and Capital

8. The Politicization of Social Integration

9. Political Forms: State, Citizenship and the Public Sphere

Conclusion