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Jan 1, 2019 · This book aims to bring the study of capitalism back to the forefront of critical theory. In doing so, Nancy Fraser and Rahel Jaeggi lay out a bold agenda for a theoretical approach that, in their view, has become almost indistinguishable from liberalism (pp. 5–6).
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Dec 12, 2023 · Nancy Fraser was one of the first critical theorists to revive crisis critique and to do so as part of a comprehensive critique of capitalism that renews the link between analytical diagnosis and critique (Fraser 2011, 2014; see Wellmer 2014 for a critique of the Frankfurt School’s earlier neglect).
Marxist theory in the face of dramatic changes to capitalism and world politics wrought by revolution, depression, war, and fascism. They identified key elements of a critical approach to social analysis,
Jan 29, 2023 · How should critical theorists re-engage with the critique of capitalism without entrapment in old ideological certainties? They revisit the classical debates about transformative agency, direction and methods of change, and the place of normative ideals and of moral theory in the critique of capitalism in light of the current historical juncture.
Dec 31, 2023 · Classical elite theories assumed an unavoidable opposition of ruling elite and dominated masses; functionalist elite theories assumed competing performances and sectoral elites; critical elite theories identified power elites who were recruited based on social origin.
Dec 8, 2021 · Joining a long line of works in critical theory, from Karl Marx’s Capital to Hannah Arendt’s Imperialism, Zuboff claims that she produces theory to put us, her readers, on a path toward emancipation from, and resistance against, alienation. Critical theorists generally assume that abstract and holistic thinking can be emancipatory.
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But as Albrecht Wellmer has recently reminded us “the very term critical theory was coined in a secret reference to Marx’s critique of political economy.” 1 The task was to overcome capitalism and its pathologies; issues of politics, including democratic politics, took a back seat.
