By Mihir Samson* What is remarkable reading Simone de Beauvoir in 2019 is not only how current her criticisms of sexual oppression remain, but the extent to which these same critiques point towards, and can be used in the fight against… Continue Reading
By Matheus Chatack Dias* One of the thornier problems of critical and liberatory theories is how to free the oppressed without infantilizing them or recreating the same structures of oppression. Paulo Freire attacks the problem with a sophisticated theory of mutual… Continue Reading
Par Judith Revel Il est difficile de se poser la question de la postérité d’un texte aussi ancré dans les débats de son propre temps que Le deuxième sexe de Beauvoir. Soixante-dix ans, voilà ce qui nous sépare de ces mille… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt In a very recent paper on the question of truth in these post-truth times, titled “The Last Refuge of Scoundrels: The Problem of Truth in A Time of Lying,” which I just posted on SSRN, I… Continue Reading
Horkheimer and Adorno: Critical Theory and Actuality of Philosophy by Maximilian Ringleb* During the 1920s, it became apparent that Marx’s predicted proletarian revolution and Diktatur des Proletariats had not been realized in the industrialized European states. Quite the contrary, especially… Continue Reading
By Tyler T. Jankauskas The questions of scholarly intention, audience reception, and category definition are central to re-reading Horkheimer and Adorno’s early, somewhat “programmatic” texts. In this essay, I will treat these two methodological interventions in turn, considering insights and… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt We turn today to two texts. First, Horkheimer’s 1937 article “Traditional and Critical Theory,” which sets forth the blueprint of Horkheimer’s vision of the research project and method for the Institute for Social Research at the… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt Welcome to Critique 13/13, this year’s new and fifth 13/13 seminar. We concluded Praxis 13/13 last year with a session on what we called the “space of praxis” with three brilliant critical theorists, Amy Allen, Carolin… Continue Reading
Bernard E. Harcourt is a contemporary critical theorist and social justice advocate. Harcourt is the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. He is the founding director of the Columbia Center for… Continue Reading
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