Moving Beyond the Symptom
Postcritical Turn in Critical Legal Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12885408 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dennis Wassouf (0000-0002-2949-0352, Masaryk University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law Culture and the Humanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1743-8721 • E-ISSN: 1743-9752 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/17438721251345476 |
| OpenAlex | W4411660773 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The “crisis of critique” reveals tensions between ideological critique and postcritical methods in the humanities. This article argues that postcritique is not a distinct movement but a political reorientation within critique itself. By examining this shift through the lens of Slavoj Žižek’s ideological analysis, it demonstrates how critique and postcritique can coexist to renew Critical Legal Studies (CLS). This approach addresses CLS’s concerns about law’s complicity in power and inequality, offering a reimagined framework that bridges theoretical divides and emphasizes critique’s relevance in contemporary legal and humanities scholarship
Critical legal studies · Epistemology · Legal profession · Legal realism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Turn (biochemistry · Chemistry · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |