Critical theory Critical theory In critical theory, a binary opposition is a pair of theoretical opposites, often organized in a hierarchy. In structuralism, the binary opposition is thought to be a powerful tool to elucidate the fundamental structure of human thought, culture, and language. The structuralist view has been criticized, however, by post-structuralists, who view the binary opposition not as a fundamental organizer of human thought worldwide, but as an artifact of Western thought. ...more on Wikipedia about "Binary opposition"
The College of Sociology was a loosely-knit group of French intellectuals, named after the informal discussion series that they organized. The College was founded in 1937 in Paris and continued operating until 1939, when it was disrupted by the war. ...more on Wikipedia about "College of Sociology"
Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of texts, which views "language as a form of social practice" (Fairclough 1989: 20) and attempts "to unpack the ideological underpinnings of discourse that have become so naturalized over time that we begin to treat them as common, acceptable and natural features of discourse" (Teo 2000). ...more on Wikipedia about "Critical discourse analysis"
Critical international relations theory is a set of schools of thought in international relations that have criticized the status-quo – both from positivist positions as well as postpositivist positions. Positivist critiques include Marxist and Neo-Marxist approaches and Neo-Gramscianism. Some may also consider Social Constructivism as a positivist theory. Postpositivist critiques include postmodernist, postcolonial and feminist approaches, which differ from both realism and liberalism in their epistemological and ontological premises. ...more on Wikipedia about "Critical international relations theory"
Critical Race Theory is the school of thought that holds that race lies at the very nexus of American life. It is an academic discipline that challenges its readers, whether proponents or dissenters, to consider the relationship that exists between race, the justice system, and society. ...more on Wikipedia about "Critical race theory"
In the humanities and social sciences, critical theory has two quite different meanings with different origins and histories, one originating in social theory and the other in literary criticism. Though until recently these two meanings had little to do with each other, since the 1970s there has been some overlap between these disciplines. This has led to "critical theory" becoming an umbrella term for an array of theories within the academic world of the United Kingdom and the United States. This article focuses primarily on the differences and similarities between them. ...more on Wikipedia about "Critical theory"
Critical theory, in sociology and philosophy, is shorthand for critical theory of society or critical social theory, a label used by the Frankfurt School, i.e., members of the Institute for Social Research of the University of Frankfurt, their intellectual and social network, and those influenced by them intellectually, to describe their own work, oriented toward radical social change, in contradistinction to "traditional theory," i.e. theory in the positivistic, scientistic, or purely observational mode. In literature and literary criticism and cultural studies, by contrast, " critical theory" means something quite different, namely theory used in criticism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Critical theory (Frankfurt School)"
Écriture féminine, literally women's writing, is a philosophy that promotes women's experiences and feelings to the point that it strengthens the work. Helene Cixous first uses this term in her essay, "The Laugh of the Medusa," in which she asserts, "Woman must write her self: must write about women and bring women to writing, from which they have been driven away as violently as from their bodies." ...more on Wikipedia about "Écriture féminine"
Feel Tank Chicago is a Chicago-based group composed of activists, artists, and academics that engages both in critical research and political activism. It originally began as a cell in the larger Feminism Unfinished project, called Public Feelings, but it eventually developed a life of its own. The group refers to itself as a feel tank rather than a think tank, only partly as a joke. Comprised of artists and academics, the feel tank is organized around the thought that public spheres are affect worlds at least as much as they are effects of rationality and rationalization. ...more on Wikipedia about "Feel Tank Chicago"
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (born February 24 1942) is a literary critic and theorist from India. She is best-known for the article "Can the Subaltern Speak?", which is considered a founding text of postcolonialism, and also for her translation of Jacques Derrida's Of Grammatology. Spivak currently teaches at Columbia University, though she is a popular speaker, invited to lecture around the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak"
Gender studies is a theoretical work in the social sciences or humanities that focuses on issues of sex and gender in language and society, and often addresses related issues including racial and ethnic oppression, postcolonial societies, and globalization. Work in gender studies influences and is influenced by the related fields of Ethnic Studies, African American Studies, Asian American Studies, Latino/a Studies, and Native American Studies ...more on Wikipedia about "Gender studies"
Henry Jenkins (born June 4 1958 in Atlanta, Georgia) American Scholar, currently Ann Fetter Friedlaender Professor of Humanities and Director of MIT Comparative Media Studies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Henry Jenkins"
An ideology is a collection of ideas. The word ideology was coined by Count Destutt de Tracy in the late 18th century to define a " science of ideas." An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things (compare Weltanschauung), as in common sense (see Ideology in everyday society) and several philosophical tendencies (see Political ideologies), or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to all members of this society (for the Marxist definition of ideology see Ideology as an instrument of social reproduction). ...more on Wikipedia about "Ideology"
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Below is a list of basic topics in critical theory -- topics which will help the beginner become familiar with the field of critical theory. For a comprehensive list, see List of critical theory topics. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of basic critical theory topics"
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Literary theory is the theory (or the philosophy) of the interpretation of literature and literary criticism. Its history begins with classical Greek poetics and rhetoric and includes, since the 18th century, aesthetics and hermeneutics. In the 20th century, "theory" has become an umbrella term for a variety of scholarly approaches to reading texts, most of which are informed by various strands of Continental philosophy. (In much casual academic discussion in the English-speaking world, the terms "literary theory" and "Continental philosophy" are roughly interchangeable, though there are clear distinctions between the two.) ...more on Wikipedia about "Literary theory"
Michel Foucault ( October 15, 1926 – June 26, 1984) was a French philosopher who held a chair at the Collège de France, which he gave the title "The History of Systems of Thought." His writings have had an enormous impact on other scholarly work: Foucault's influence extends across the humanities and social sciences, and across many applied and professional areas of study. ...more on Wikipedia about "Michel Foucault"
Theodor Adorno's Minima Moralia, an important text of Critical Theory, was written during World War II, while the author lived as an exile in America. The book takes its title from Magna Moralia, Aristotle's classic work of ethics. As Adorno writes in the introduction, the "sorrowful knowledge" (a pun on Nietzsche's "The Joyful Knowledge") with which the book is concerned is "the teaching of the good life", a central theme of both the Greek and Hebrew sources of Western philosophy. Today, Adorno maintains, a good, honest life is no longer possible, because we live in an inhuman society. "Life does not live", declares the book's opening epigram. Adorno illustrates this in a series of short reflections and aphorisms into which the book is broken, moving from everyday experiences to disturbing insights on general tendencies of late industrial society. Topics considered include the subversive nature of toys, the desolation of the family, the ungenuinness of being genuine, the decay of conversation, the rise of occultism, and the history of tact. Adorno shows how the smallest changes in everyday behavior stands in relation to the most catastrophic events of the twentieth century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Minima Moralia"
Nancy Fraser is a critical theorist, currently the Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science at the Graduate Faculty of New School University in New York City. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nancy Fraser" Please visit again shortopedia
Peter Lamborn Wilson (b. New York, 1945) is an American political writer, essayist, and poet, perhaps best known for first proposing the concept of the Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ), based on a historical review of pirate utopias. He sometimes writes under the name Hakim Bey. (The pseudonym may or may not have been a name-of-convenience used by other radical writers since the 1970s, and is a combination of the Arabic word for 'wise man' and a last name common in the Moorish Science Temple. Bey is a generic word for a gentleman in Turkish generally used after a name and Hakim means "Judge.") ...more on Wikipedia about "Peter Lamborn Wilson"
Peter Ludlow (b. 1957- ), also writes under the name Urizenus Sklar, is a professor of philosophy and linguistics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with research interests in philosophy of language, linguistics, metaphysics, epistemology, and conceptual issues in cyberspace, including questions about cyber-rights and the emergence of laws and governance structures in and for virtual communities. His popular books include High Noon on the Electronic Frontier and Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias. His unpopular books include Semantics, Tense and Time: an Essay in the Metaphysics of Natural Language. Ludlow is a member of the online community The Well, and participated in virtual gaming communities such as Second Life and The Sims Online, where he took the character of an online journalist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peter Ludlow"
Post-colonialism (also known as post-colonial theory, or post-oriental theory) refers to a set of theories in continental philosophy and literature that grapple with the legacy of 19th century British and French colonial rule. As a literary theory or critical approach it deals with literature produced in countries that were once, or are now, colonies of other countries. It may also deal with literature written in or by citizens of colonizing countries that takes colonies or their peoples as its subject matter. Postcolonial theory became part of the critical toolbox in the 1970s, and many practitioners take Edward Said's book Orientalism to be theory's founding work. ...more on Wikipedia about "Post-colonialism"
(Post-colonialism/temp) Post-colonialism is a term used to describe the wide range of social, cultural and political events arising from the decline and fall of European colonialism that took place from the mid 20th century onwards. ...more on Wikipedia about "Post-colonialism/temp"
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