Ecumenical critical theory, pluralism and developmental trends

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ID5103012
AuthorsJ M Domingues (0000-0001-9729-9528, State of Rio de Janeiro University, Brazil, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume181
Issue1
Pages3-19
Publication date2024-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThesis Eleven (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/07255136241240087
OpenAlexW4396736738
LanguageEN
References cited20

Critical social theory is a late product of the Enlightenment, though pushed beyond its original intentions. It then developed mainly with Marxism, but since the beginning other strands have been important, such as anarchism, feminism, anti-colonialism, anti-racism and environmentalism. The immanent critique of modernity must be seen indeed as ecumenical. In its plurality, it must have however at its core the realisation of equal freedom and full solidarity that remains an unfulfilled promise and offers a criterion of demarcation for critical theory. The diagnosis of the times for critical approaches also depended on identifying long-term developments, especially within Marxism, but this seems to have been almost entirely forgotten. I will argue that it is both possible and necessary to resume this strategy. Finally, I ask how we connect these conceptual issues to praxis. The article concludes with a more substantive discussion of political modernity

Critical theory · Critical thought · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Fallacy · Feminism · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Praxis · Racism · Realisation · Social science · Social theory · Sociology · Solidarity · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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