Critical theory

About: Critical theory is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5372 publications have been published within this topic receiving 164765 citations.

Capitalism and Religion: The Price of Piety

Abstract: Our global ecological crisis demands that we question the rationality of the culture that has caused it: western modernity's free market capitalism. Philip Goodchild develops arguments from Nietzsche, Adorno, Horkheimer, and Marx, to suggest that our love of Western modernity is an expression of a piety in which capitalism becomes a global religion, in practice, if not always in belief. This book presents a philosophical alternative that demands attention from philosophers, critical theorists, philosophers of religion, theologians, and those in ecological politics.

The Role of Argument Analysis and Story Telling in Facilitating Critical Thinking

Abstract: Critical thinking is a significant aim of management education This article reports on the evaluation of a personal development module that combined argument analysis, based on Toulmin's theory of argumentation, with story telling It focuses on how the module shaped and facilitated critical thinking The findings show that the combination of argument analysis and story telling can promote many aspects of critical thinking, such as a critique of knowledge, a critique of authority, and so on, but that such an approach will not `naturally' lead to the questioning of assumptions that typically concern Critical Theorists, such as gender, ecology, and race

Is Teaching for Social Justice Undemocratic

Abstract: In this article, Eric Freedman examines the extent to which critical pedagogy can be considered a democratic form of education. Comparing Paulo Freire's notion of dialogue to Jurgen Habermas's "ideal speech situation," Freedman argues that such dialogue cannot realistically occur in educational situations where the teacher remains in an institutionalized position of power. This argument opens critical pedagogy to the charge of indoctrination. The author thus proposes three ways to align the practice more closely with democratic principles. The first is to employ a democratic procedure to develop school curriculum whenever possible. The second is to present multiple, competing positions on each social issue students are to discuss. Freedman's final suggestion is to train students in a method of analyzing these competing positions that helps shed light on the causes of social inequalities.

Philosophy and Critical Theory

Abstract: From the beginning, the Critical Theory of society was constantly involved in philosophical as well as social issues and controversies. At the time of its origin, in the thirties and forties of the nineteenth century, philosophy was the most advanced form of consciousness, and by comparison real conditions in Germany were backward. Philosophy thus appears within the economic concepts of materialist theory, each of which is more than an economic concept of the sort employed by the academic discipline of economics. Philosophy thus appears within the economic concepts of materialist theory, each of which is more than an economic concept of the sort employed by the academic discipline of economics. Although philosophy reconciles antitheses in reason, it provides a "reconciliation not in reality, but in the world of ideas." But in its historical forms philosophy also contains insights into human and objective conditions whose truth points beyond previous society and thus cannot be completely reduced to it.

Information Systems: Critical Perspectives

Abstract: Table of Contents Introduction Section 1: Theory Critical Research in Information Systems Theoretical Discourses: A Comparison of the Foucauldian and Habermasian Concepts of Discourse in CRIS Ethics, Morality and Critical Research in IS, Emancipation Across Cultural Boundaries: A Fundamental Problem of Critical Research in Information Systems Section 2: Philosophy Ontology: On Positivism, Realism, and their Relevance for Critical IS Research Epistemology: On Information, Knowledge and Truth, Methodology: Is there a Specific Critical Way to Knowledge? Philosophical Syncretism in IS Research: Final Remarks on Ontology, Epistemology and Paradigms Section 3: Application Information Systems as Means of (Dis)Empowerment: The Information Society and Decision Support Systems in Local Authorities in Egypt Responsible and Heroic Management of Workplace Privacy: A Critical View of ICT Management Trust as Fetish: A Critical Theory Perspective on Research on Trust in E-Commerce The Ideological Use of Privacy and Security The Metaphor of Evolution in E-Commerce: A Critical Evaluation Commercial Colonization: E-Teaching and E-Democracy Section 4: Reflection(s) Limitations of the Critical Approach, The Future of Critical Research in Information Systems