I think you expect a little too much of these philosophers - can any one person really deliver a complete answer?
-
-
Replying to @arwen_king @GodDoesnt
I'm not sure how this relates. I don't think anyone was criticising them for not having a complete answer but for having warped ideas about power and a tendency to authoritarianism.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt
My understanding is that Critical Theory was a response by Horkheimer and collegues both to the rise Nazis in Germany, the resulting holocaust and the failures of USSR under Stalin to deliver a liberating socialism
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @arwen_king @GodDoesnt
Whilst the history of the term is interesting, I think James is mostly addressing the present form which underwent the poststructuralist shift and then evolved through various identitarian lenses to what we have now.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt
Thats why I asked which he was referring to. It also seems important to examine each in their historical context.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @arwen_king @GodDoesnt
Well, he did say. Use of the present tense is also relevant. Talking about the state of critical theory *now*. The power dynamics referred to above are commonly found in theories like intersectionality, critical race theory, postcolonial theory and queer theory.
2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
Directly related to SocJus activism, identity politics on the left, current conceptions of diversity.
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.