Contextualizing this new approach, the chapter is designed to focus on the development of social thought and its application in social research grounding on the critical theory. The discussion, drawing from many kinds of literature, depicts that critical theory as a perspective of social praxis ...
critical-theory n. 1. 批判理论,批评理论(指从社会、历史和意识形态力量所产生的影响的角度来思考和探讨文化和文学)a way of thinking about and examining culture and literature by considering the social, historical, and ideological forces that affect it and make it the way it is ...
Critical Social Theory: Prophetic Reason, Civil Society, and Christian ImaginationSimpson ably introduces critical social theory, the German-born intellectual movement that has spawned sharp criticisms of modernity, its use of reason, and our highly technological, bureaucratic culture. Part 1 recounts ...
However, in his 1965 seminal work (translated from German to English in 1972) on the theory of knowledge, Habermas found all previous influential work on the theory of knowledge epistemologically impoverished; they all suffered from "objectivist illusion," trying to sever knowledge from human ...
In existing social work research, however, mindfulness is rarely conceptualised within a reflexive paradigm, albeit this position is changing.Theoretical propositions include Hick and Furlotte’s (2009) typology,which finds parallels between ‘ra...
critical theory and historical sociology Book review: How Nietzsche Came in From the Cold Philipp Felsch, How Nietzsche Came in From the Cold: Tale of a Redemption (Polity Press, 2024) Reviewed by John Lechte Continue reading → articles ...
This article explores the potential for grounded theory to be adapted for use within a critical realist paradigm. Critical realism can provide a solid philosophical framework for social work research, but its lack of connection to a familiar research methodology may be limiting its application. Ground...
As several key texts in his important and engaged work show, twentieth-century radical sociologist C. Wright Mills’ “Critical Theory of Social Inequalities” is made up of four dimensions. (1) A concern for the study of the social class structure...
The Institute for Social Research, usually referred to as the Frankfurt School, was the first Marxist-oriented research institute in Europe. Its members attempted to revise both the Marxian critique of capitalism and the theory of the revolution in order to confront the social and political conditio...
This article examines corporate social responsibility (CSR) from the angle of critical theory. It begins by arguing that values shape corporate decisions in three general ways: managerial choices, routines, and reasoning processes; governmental regulation, incentives, tax structures, and oversight; and ...