Critical theories and social critique

Juan Pablo Rodríguez

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-32108-6_2

Critical theories and social critique

Juan Pablo Rodríguez^*

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School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies

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Taking the ‘return of Marx’ as a symptom of the renewal of social critique, Rodríguez explores three themes within the field of contemporary critical social theory which are useful for constructing a concept of social critique: utopia, recognition and disagreement. Focusing on how authors such as Ruth Levitas, David Harvey, Eric Olin Wright and Fredric Jameson tackle the issue of utopia, examining the limits and analytical possibilities of Axel Honneth’s theory of recognition, and analysing the shortcomings of Rancière’s politics of aesthetics, Rodríguez advances a three-dimensional concept of social critique. The chapter provides the rationale for using such a concept to account for critical social theories and social movements’ practices of resistance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Resisting Neoliberal Capitalism in Chile
Subtitle of host publication	The Possibility of Social Critique
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	17-54
Number of pages	38
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-32108-6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-32107-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32108-6_2
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 19 Dec 2019

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Name	Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
ISSN (Print)	2524-7123
ISSN (Electronic)	2524-7131

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