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The Political Deficit of Immanent Critique. On Jaeggi’s Objections to Walzer’s Criticism
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In this paper, the authors show that Rahel Jaeggi's objections to Walzer's model of internal critique are in many respects inconsistent, and above all that these objections are a sign of a political deficit.Abstract:
The paper aims to show that Rahel Jaeggi's objections to Walzer's model of internal critique are in many respects inconsistent, and above all that these objections are a sign of a political deficit...read more
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Genealogical Solutions to the Problem of Critical Distance: Political Theory, Contextualism and the case of Punishment in Transitional Scenarios
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Between forms of life and immanent criticism: towards a new critical theory?
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Between forms of life and immanent criticism: towards a new critical theory?
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Desubstantializing the critique of forms of life: relationality, subjectivity, morality
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On Critique: A Sociology of Emancipation
TL;DR: The Structure of Critical Theories and Pragmatic Sociology of Critique as discussed by the authors The power of institutions and the necessity of criticique in political regimes of domination is discussed in Section 5.
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Freedom's Right: The Social Foundations of Democratic Life
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The company of critics : social criticism and political commitment in the twentieth century
TL;DR: The Company of Critics as mentioned in this paper provides a fascinating survey of the terrain of social criticism in the last century, including the cultural and political radical and the personal story of the meaning of criticism to the critic.