Philosophy:Outline of critical theory

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Short description: Overview of and topical guide to critical theory

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to critical theory:

Critical theory – the examination and critique of society and culture, drawing from knowledge across the social sciences and humanities. The term has two different meanings with different origins and histories: one originating in sociology and the other in literary criticism. This has led to the very literal use of 'critical theory' as an umbrella term to describe any theory founded upon critique. The term "Critical Theory" was first coined by Max Horkheimer in his 1937 essay "Traditional and Critical Theory".


Essence of critical theory

Concepts

Branches of critical theory

Actor–network theory

Main page: Philosophy:Actor–network theory

Commonly used terms

African-American studies

Gender studies

Main page: Gender studies

Marxist theory

Main page: Philosophy:Marxist philosophy


Commonly used terms

Postcolonialism

Main page: Philosophy:Postcolonialism

Structuralism

Main page: Structuralism

Post-structuralism

Main page: Philosophy:Post-structuralism

Commonly used terms

Deconstruction

Main page: Philosophy:Deconstruction


Commonly used terms

Postmodern philosophy

Main page: Philosophy:Postmodern philosophy

Reconstructivism

Main page: Philosophy:Reconstructivism

Psychoanalytic theory

Main page: Philosophy:Psychoanalytic theory


Commonly used terms

Schizoanalytic theory

Main page: Philosophy:Schizoanalysis

Commonly used terms

Queer theory

Main page: Philosophy:Queer theory

Semiotics

Main page: Philosophy:Semiotics

Commonly used terms

  • Semiotic square[1]

Literary theory

Commonly used terms

Theories of identity

  • Private sphere – certain sector of societal life in which an individual enjoys a degree of authority, unhampered by interventions from governmental or other institutions. Examples of the private sphere are family and home. The complement or opposite of public sphere.
  • Public sphere – area in social life where individuals can come together to freely discuss and identify societal problems, and through that discussion influence political action. It is "a discursive space in which individuals and groups congregate to discuss matters of mutual interest and, where possible, to reach a common judgment."
  • Creolization

Major works

  • Bloch, Ernst (1938–47). The Principle of Hope
  • Fromm, Erich (1941). The Fear of Freedom (UK)/Escape from Freedom (US)
  • Horkheimer, Max; Adorno, Theodor W. (1944–47). Dialectic of Enlightenment
  • Barthes, Roland (1957). Mythologies
  • Habermas, Jürgen (1962). The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
  • Marcuse, Herbert (1964). One-Dimensional Man
  • Adorno, Theodor W. (1966). Negative Dialectics
  • Derrida, Jacques (1967). Of Grammatology
  • Derrida, Jacques (1967). Writing and Difference
  • Habermas, Jürgen (1981). The Theory of Communicative Action

Major theorists

References

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