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Sep 8, 2022 · Critical theorists, on the other hand, tend to treat the capitalist economy and democratic politics as holistically distinguishable spheres of activity. This holistic perspective not only helps critical theorists to more clearly present capitalism and democracy as two conflicting modes of sociation.
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).
- James A. Chamberlain
- jac1287@msstate.edu
- 2020
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.
Oct 1, 2017 · The volume demonstrates that there is still a unity of concern in current Critical Theory, in its debate over standards, ideals and legacy institutions of the Enlightenment, and over the fittingness of legal and political practices in domesticating capitalism.
Aug 18, 2024 · These include the role of the critical theory of the Frankfurt School and the status of feminism today, the theorization of power and domination under contemporary capitalism, as well as the prospects for anticapitalist resistance.
- Charles Masquelier
The critical theorists have deeply influenced contemporary social theory, philosophy, communications theory and research, cultural theory, and other disciplines for six decades.
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Oct 16, 2018 · This article draws together the social and political theory of Jürgen Habermas and Karl Polanyi to develop a general framework for critically analyzing this contemporary political situation. Advancing a new interpretation of Polanyi’s theory, I contend it can help correct shortcomings in Habermas’s theory of capitalism.