10.26180/5b95d12dca4aa
STEVEN AOUN
STEVEN
AOUN
What Is 'Critical' About Critical Theory?
Monash University
2019
Critical Theory
Hermeneutics
Heidegger
Gadamer
Derrida
Deconstruction
Lyotard
Differend
Habermas
Ontological Committment
Problem of the Criterion
Question of Being
Hermeneutical Circle
Linguistic Turn
Cultural Studies
2019-04-02 23:33:06
Thesis
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/What_Is_Critical_About_Critical_Theory_/7066745
The idea of a critical theory is a dominant force in tertiary education, and has become an integral part of the pursuit of higher knowledge. Competing ideas have thereby become standard bearers in that critical theory acts as a measure of true understanding. The only problem, however, is that many of the distinct theories similarly answering to the description raise two related questions – namely, ‘what is a critical theory?’ and what is ‘critical’ about the ‘theory’ in question? The following research provides an answer by questioning the idea’s standard and/or truth-bearing via the problematic connection between criteria and critique.