Outline of critical theory
Approach to social philosophy
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to critical theory:
Critical theory is a social, historical, and political school of thought and philosophical perspective which centers on analyzing and challenging systemic power relations in society, arguing that knowledge, truth, and social structures are fundamentally shaped by power dynamics between dominant and oppressed groups. Beyond just understanding and critiquing these dynamics, it explicitly aims to transform society through praxis and collective action with an explicit sociopolitical purpose.
Essence of critical theory
Branches of critical theory
Actor–network theory
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African-American studies
Gender studies
Marxist theory
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- Marx's theory of alienation[1]
- Capital (Marxism)[1]
- Commodity fetishism[1]
- Division of labour[1]
- Exchange value[1]
- Feudalism[1]
- Historical materialism[1]
- Labour power[1]
- Mode of production[1]
- Neo-Marxism[1]
- Praxis (process)[1]
- Proletariat[1]
- Relations of production[1]
- Surplus value[1]
- Symbolic capital[1]
- Use value[1]
- Usury[1]
Postcolonialism
Structuralism
Post-structuralism
Deconstruction
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Postmodern philosophy
Reconstructivism
Psychoanalytic theory
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- Abjection[1]
- Cathexis[1]
- Chora[1]
- Condensation (psychology)[1]
- Content (Freudian dream analysis)[1]
- Death Drive[1]
- Desire[1]
- Displacement (psychology)[1]
- Ego ideal[1]
- Fetishism[1]
- Fixation (psychology)[1]
- Id, ego and super-ego[1]
- Gaze[1]
- Hysteria[1]
- Identification (psychology)[1]
- Instinct[1]
- Introjection[1]
- Jouissance[1]
- Lack (psychoanalysis)[1]
- Libido[1]
- Mirror stage[1]
- Name of the Father[1]
- Narcissism[1]
- Neurosis[1]
- Objet petit a[1]
- Oedipus complex[1]
- Other (philosophy)[1]
- Perversion[1]
- Pleasure principle (psychology)[1]
- Psychological projection[1]
- Psychosexual development[1]
- Psychological projection[1]
- Reality principle[1]
- Regression (psychology)[1]
- Repression (psychoanalysis)[1]
- Signs and symptoms[1]
- Suture/Quilting Point[1]
- Sublime (philosophy)[1]
- The Imaginary (psychoanalysis)[1]
- The Real[1]
- The Symbolic[1]
- Transference[1]
- Uncanny[1]
- Unconscious mind[1]
Schizoanalytic theory
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Queer theory
Semiotics
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Literary theory
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Theories of identity
- Private sphere – certain sector of societal life in which an individual enjoys a degree of authority, unhampered by interventions from governmental or other institutions. Examples of the private sphere are family and home. The complement or opposite of public sphere.
- Public sphere – area in social life where individuals can come together to freely discuss and identify societal problems, and through that discussion influence political action. It is "a discursive space in which individuals and groups congregate to discuss matters of mutual interest and, where possible, to reach a common judgment".
- Creolization
Major works
- Bloch, Ernst (1938–47). The Principle of Hope
- Fromm, Erich (1941). The Fear of Freedom (UK)/Escape from Freedom (US)
- Horkheimer, Max; Adorno, Theodor W. (1944–47). Dialectic of Enlightenment
- Barthes, Roland (1957). Mythologies
- Habermas, Jürgen (1962). The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
- Marcuse, Herbert (1964). One-Dimensional Man
- Adorno, Theodor W. (1966). Negative Dialectics
- Derrida, Jacques (1967). Of Grammatology
- Derrida, Jacques (1967). Writing and Difference
- Habermas, Jürgen (1981). The Theory of Communicative Action
