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Dec 12, 2023 · In a narrow sense, “Critical Theory” (often denoted with capital letters) refers to the work of several generations of philosophers and social theorists in the Western European Marxist tradition known as the Frankfurt School.
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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).
- James A. Chamberlain
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- 2020
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 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.
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.
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.
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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.