Crisis and Reconstruction in Critical Theory
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Marxism, postmetaphysics, neoidealism, critical social ontologyAbstract
In this paper, I present a critique of the contemporary strands of post-metaphysical critical theory. I maintain that shifts in political economy need to be taken into account when understanding the normative theories that have developed and why they are insufficient as a critical theory of society. I end by presenting an alternative paradigm: that of a critical social ontology that takes the full structure of human needs and capacities into account.
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