1st Edition

The Persistence of Critical Theory

By Gabriel R. Ricci Copyright 2017
276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

The latest volume of Culture and Civilization gathers contemporary exponents of critical theory, specifically those based in the Frankfurt School of social thinking. Collectively, this volume demonstrates the continuing intellectual viability of critical theory, which challenges the limits of positivism and materialism. We may question how the theoretical framework of Marxism fails to coordinate... Read more

1. Introduction: Critical Race Theory in England Namita Chakrabarty, Lorna Roberts and John Preston 2. ‘A tradition in ceaseless motion’: Critical Race Theory and black British intellectual spaces Paul Warmington 3. Talk the talk, walk the walk: defining Critical Race Theory in research Kevin Hylton 4. Buried alive: the psychoanalysis of racial absence in preparedness/education Namita Chakrabarty 5. The invisibility of race: intersectional reflections on the liminal space of alterity Nicola Rollock 6. Rediscovering ‘Race Traitor’: towards a Critical Race Theory informed public pedagogy John Preston and Charlotte Chadderton 7. What’s the point? Anti-racism and students’ voices against Islamophobia Shirin Housee 8. ‘You got a pass, so what more do you want?’: race, class and gender intersections in the educational experiences of the Black middle class David Gillborn, Nicola Rollock, Carol Vincent and Stephen J. Ball

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Gabriel R. Ricci