3 - Critical histories

Question 1

(Common core of)

Critical theory

Answer 1

The belief that knowledge is a key component of empancipation

Question 2

Critical theory - aims

Answer 2

Use knowledge to expose oppressive social structures

Use a combination of overt values based in enquiry and evidence to transform society

Question 3

(Summarised)

Critical theory

Answer 3

Values-led system of inquiry / branch of theory

Question 4

(Origins of)

Origins of Critical theory

Answer 4

Based on Marxism, and centered around Frankfurt, Germany in the 1930s: Horkheimer, Marcuse, Adorno

Question 5

Broadened and contemporary applications of Critical Theory

Answer 5

Feminism, Critical Race Theory, Queer Theory, Postcolonial, etc.

No longer just confined to the Left - the subject of empancipant is can be different.

Question 6

Marxism

Answer 6

A system for the economic analysis of history documented in the Communist Manifesto,
Karl Max + Friedrich Engels 1848

Question 7

Marxist - phases of history

Answer 7

Primitive/naive communism
The Age of Slavery
Feudalism
Capitalism
Socialism