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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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01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: A Brief Biography of Fraser and Honneth is given in this article, along with an overview of the themes of self-confidence, self-respect, and self-Esteem and solidarity.
Abstract: Table of Contents Abbreviations 1 Introduction 1.1 A Brief Biography 1.2 Honneth s Themes 1.3 Intellectual Contexts 2 Individuals Struggle for Recognition 2.1 The Intersubjectivist Turn 2.2 Self-Confidence and Love 2.3 Self-Respect and Rights 2.4 Self-Esteem and Solidarity 2.5 Antecedent Recognition 2.6 Critical Perspectives 3 Social Struggles for Recognition 3.1 Conflicts of Interest vs. Moral Conflicts 3.2 Social Struggles for Recognition 3.3 Historical Progress 3.4 Critical Perspectives 4 Diagnosing Social Pathologies 4.1 Social Philosophy as Social Diagnosis 4.2 Social Pathologies as Second-Order Disorders 4.3 Critical Perspectives 4.4 Recapitulation 5 Recognition and Markets 5.1 Work and Recognition 5.2 Fraser s Challenges, Honneth s Responses 5.3 Assessing an Unfinished Debate 6 Social Freedom and Recognition 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Social Freedom 6.3 Social Spheres 6.4 Innovations and Critical Perspectives 7 Concluding Speculations Bibliography
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TL;DR: The authors examine the influence of Fabian Socialist thinking as the primary force in the development of critical theory as applied to higher education in Britain and offer a critique of the perspectives of these perspectives.
Abstract: This paper seeks to examine the influence of Fabian Socialist thinking as the primary force in the development of critical theory as applied to higher education in Britain. The paper covers the impact of scientific Fabian Socialism and the establishment of the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Frankfurt School and the rise of critical theory and pedagogy, and offers a critique of these perspectives. The social reconstructionist theory, worked out in the USA, posits schools and teachers as planned agents of social and cultural reform by addressing and solving practical social problems. The reconstructionists and critical theorists embrace notions of equality, the eradication of social injustices, multiculturalism, increasing levels of social consciousness and the discussion of controversial issues through employment of critical forms of pedagogy. In Britain, Fabian Socialism led directly to the establishment of the Labour Party as a political entity.
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06 Mar 2004
TL;DR: In The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism, Kroker argues that every aspect of contemporary culture, society, and politics is coded by the dynamic unfolding of the "will to technology".
Abstract: In The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism, Arthur Kroker explores the future of the 21st century in the language of technological destiny. Presenting Martin Heidegger, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Nietzsche as prophets of technological nihilism, Kroker argues that every aspect of contemporary culture, society, and politics is coded by the dynamic unfolding of the 'will to technology.' Moving between cultural history, our digital present, and the biotic future, Kroker theorizes on the relationship between human bodies and posthuman technology, and more specifically, wonders if the body of work offered by thinkers like Heidegger, Marx, and Nietzsche is a part of our past or a harbinger of our technological future. Heidegger, Marx, and Nietzsche intensify our understanding of the contemporary cultural climate. Heidegger's vision posits an increasingly technical society before which we have become 'objectless objects'? driftworks in a 'culture of boredom.' In Marx, the disciplining of capital itself by the will to technology is a code of globalization, first announced as streamed capitalism. Nietzsche mediates between them, envisioning in the gathering shadows of technological society the emergent signs of a culture of nihilism. Like Marx, he insists on thinking of the question of technology in terms of its material signs. In The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism, Kroker consistently enacts an invigorating and innovative vision, bringing together critical theory, art, and politics to reveal the philosophic apparatus of technoculture.
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TL;DR: It is concluded that research conducted in the critical tradition has the potential to transcend individualistic accounts by revealing underlying structural forces that constrain or support individual agency.
Abstract: As part of the Philosophy of Science series of Invited Commentaries, this article on critical theory describes the origins of this research paradigm and its key concepts and orientations (ontology, epistemology, axiology, methodology, and rigor). The authors frame critical theory as an umbrella term for different theories, including feminism, antiracism, and anticolonialism. They emphasize the structural analysis that critical scholars conduct to uncover and sometimes address the role that social, political, cultural, economic, ethnic, and gender factors play in health professions education. They note the importance of acknowledging one's social location when doing critical research and highlight the core values of democracy and egalitarianism that underpin critical research. Methodologically, the authors stress how critical scholars reject singular truths in favor of more nuanced portraits of concepts and events, mobilize inductive approaches over deductive ones, and use critical theory to develop their projects and analyze their data. Following upon this elucidation of critical theory, the authors apply this paradigm to analyze the sample case of Lee, a medical resident who was involved in a medication error. The authors conclude that research conducted in the critical tradition has the potential to transcend individualistic accounts by revealing underlying structural forces that constrain or support individual agency.
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20 May 2010
TL;DR: Schecter et al. as discussed by the authors analysed the critique of instrumental reason from Weber through to the present day, and showed how Weber's ideas were taken up by the theorists of the Frankfurt School in their attempts to formulate a critical theory of society, firstly by Horkheimer and Adorno and then later by Habermas in his The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere.
Abstract: This book analyses the critique of instrumental reason from Weber through to the present day. Weber constitutes the starting point because he represents a key moment of theoretical and political transition. Whereas Enlightenment thinkers such as Kant, Rousseau and Hegel had a profound faith in the power of reason to improve society and mankind, Weber signals that far from being a universally positive and progressive force, the institutionalisation of reason might actually be a highly effective tool in the struggle for domination. Schecter charts how Weber's ideas took shape as a response to the works of Nietzsche and Georg Simmel, and how these ideas were taken up by the theorists of the Frankfurt School in their attempts to formulate a critical theory of society, firstly by Horkheimer and Adorno and then later by Habermas in his The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. Schecter further explores how Habermas moves away from a Weberian-Marxist version of social theory towards a more optimistic approach based on a linguistic and systems'-theoretical approach in his Theory of Communicative Action. The book also discusses Heidegger's ontological response to the challenge posed by Weber as well as Walter Benjamin's examination of the contradictions inherent in the attempts to produce a just legal system in the absence of substantive rationality and justice.
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