1st Edition
On the Genealogy of Critique Or How We Have Become Decadently Indignant
By Diana Stypinska
Copyright 2020
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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On the Genealogy of Critique intervenes into both contemporary academic debates on critique, and today’s mainstream criticism, by reflecting upon the relationship between criticality and social change in the age of post-politics. What does it mean to be critical? When we are told that civilisation is facing extinction, does the idea of critique still hold any value? Today, more than ever, we... Read more
Acknowledegments
Introduction: The Critical Paradox
Part I The Idea of Critique
1. The Origins of Critique
2. Critique and Theology
3. Critique and Politics
Part II Critique Today
4. The Management of Critique
5. The Ecstasy of Critique
Conclusion: The Twilight of Critique
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Diana Stypinska is lecturer in sociology in the School of Social Science at Liverpool Hope University, where she teaches social and cultural theory. Her work traverses critical theory, continental philosophy and critical sociology.
