The gender of critical theory : on the experiential grounds of critique / Lois McNay.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (275 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191890376 (ebook) :Subject(s): Frankfurt school of sociology
| Critical theory | Sex discrimination -- Philosophy | FeminismAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198857747DDC classification: 301.01 LOC classification: HM467Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Frankfurt School Critical Theory describes itself as an unmasking critique of power. However, it has surprisingly little to say about major structural oppressions, including gender. A distinctive feature of critique is that, in diagnosing what is wrong with the world, it ought to be guided by the experiences of oppressed groups. Yet, in practice, it tends to pay little heed to these experiences. 'The Gender of Critical Theory' shows how these oversights and tensions stem from the preoccupation with normative foundations that has dominated Frankfurt School theory since Habermas and has given rise to a mode of paradigm-led inquiry that undermines an effective critique of oppression.
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This edition also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frankfurt School Critical Theory describes itself as an unmasking critique of power. However, it has surprisingly little to say about major structural oppressions, including gender. A distinctive feature of critique is that, in diagnosing what is wrong with the world, it ought to be guided by the experiences of oppressed groups. Yet, in practice, it tends to pay little heed to these experiences. 'The Gender of Critical Theory' shows how these oversights and tensions stem from the preoccupation with normative foundations that has dominated Frankfurt School theory since Habermas and has given rise to a mode of paradigm-led inquiry that undermines an effective critique of oppression.
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