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Critical theory
About: Critical theory is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5372 publications have been published within this topic receiving 164765 citations.
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24 Sep 2008
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of the works of Marx, Simmel, Weber, Lukacs, Horkheimer, Adorno, 6. Habermas, 7. Adorno and 9.
Abstract: 1. Marx, 2. Simmel, 3. Weber, 4. Lukacs, 5. Horkheimer, 6. Adorno, 7. Habermas, 8. Habermas II, 9. Habermas III
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TL;DR: This article argued that critical and post-structuralist international theories have contributed to the project of modernity and argued that they are best understood as purveyors of the modernity.
Abstract: This article presents an argument for giving greater consideration to the project of modernity in the study of international relations. It provides a sketch of how this project was initially articulated, in the Enlightenment, and how contemporary thinkers have begun reworking the project of modernity in spite of the so-called 'crisis of modernity'. The article focuses, in particular, on how critical and post-structuralist international theories have contributed to this project. Contrary to common assumptions that these two approaches are incompatible, the article contends that they are best understood as purveyors of the project of modernity.
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02 Mar 2017
TL;DR: This paper argued that critical theory was embedded within patriarchal forms of reason, Enlightenment logic, and male domination, such that the attempted adoption of a critical lens can create the illusion of justice while actually reinscribing old forms of power.
Abstract: Twenty years ago, in her now-famous Harvard Educational Review
article, Elizabeth Ellsworth (1989) questioned the assumption that
critical perspectives or critical research were either empowering
or transformative. She argued that critical theory was embedded
within patriarchal forms of reason, Enlightenment logic, and male
domination, such that the attempted adoption of a critical lens can
easily create the illusion of justice while actually reinscribing old
forms of power.
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05 Feb 2009
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10 Feb 2009
TL;DR: Critical Theorists and International Relations as mentioned in this paper provides a wide-ranging introduction to thirty-two important theorists whose work has been influential in thinking about global politics, including Marxism and post-Marxism, the Frankfurt School, hermeneutics, phenomenology, postcolonialism, feminism, queer theory, poststructuralism, pragmatism, scientific realism, deconstruction and psychoanalysis.
Abstract: A wide range of critical theorists is used in the study of international politics, and until now there has been no text that gives concise and accessible introductions to these figures. Critical Theorists and International Relations provides a wide-ranging introduction to thirty-two important theorists whose work has been influential in thinking about global politics. Each chapter is written by an expert with a detailed knowledge of the theorist concerned, representing a range of approaches under the rubric 'critical', including Marxism and post-Marxism, the Frankfurt School, hermeneutics, phenomenology, postcolonialism, feminism, queer theory, poststructuralism, pragmatism, scientific realism, deconstruction and psychoanalysis. Key features of each chapter include: a clear and concise biography of the relevant thinker an introduction to their key writings and ideas a summary of the ways in which these ideas have influenced and are being used in international relations scholarship a list of suggestions for further reading. Written in engaging and accessible prose, Critical Theorists and International Relations is a unique and invaluable resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars of international relations.
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