An Analysis of Critical Theory Including Its Origins, Concepts, and Derivatives

By: Sing, Patrick

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Critical theory is an 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 theoretical critique. Critical theory, in the sociological context, refers to a style of Marxist theory with a tendency to engage with non-Marxist influences. This tendency has been referred to pejoratively by stricter Marxists as 'revisionism'. Modern critical theory arose from a trajectory extending from the nonpositivist sociology of Max Weber and Georg Simmel, the neo-Marxist theory of Georg Luk cs and Antonio Gramsci, toward the milieu associated with Frankfurt Institute of Social Research. This book studies critical theory including critical vocabulary, dominant privilege, critical geopolitics, critical practice, and critical ethnography.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1286834708
• ISBN13: 9781286834701
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Webster's Digital Services
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.7"