PHIL 6690 Critical Theory

3 semester hours

A look at contemporary “critical theorists,” scholars who–inspired by Kant, Hegel, Marx, and Freud–share two apparently incompatible convictions: first, that philosophy must acknowledge the historical, economic, political, psychological, and sociological factors that constrain and distort our thinking; and second, that this discipline of radical self-criticism can lead to insight, change, and growth.