How to Engage in Practices of Critique? From a Universal Conception of the Good Life to the Contestation of Universals

How to Engage in Practices of Critique? From a Universal Conception of the Good Life to the Contestation of Universals

Critical social theories examine social arrangements from the point of view of the obstacles that these structures pose to human flourishing, with the purpose of bringing about social change for the better. In this article, I contest the idea that these changes have to be guided by an idea of the go...

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Main Author: Maria Annemarije Hagen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Groningen Press 2019-10-01
Series:Krisis
Subjects:
social critique
anti-authoritarianism
universals
contestation
Online Access:https://krisis.eu/article/view/36256
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spelling doaj-1b4e50ddd3f44efe8c46b60ddf4b02c02021-08-24T12:07:55ZengUniversity of Groningen PressKrisis1875-71032019-10-0139121410.21827/krisis.39.1.3625625966How to Engage in Practices of Critique? From a Universal Conception of the Good Life to the Contestation of UniversalsMaria Annemarije Hagen0University of LeuvenCritical social theories examine social arrangements from the point of view of the obstacles that these structures pose to human flourishing, with the purpose of bringing about social change for the better. In this article, I contest the idea that these changes have to be guided by an idea of the good society. I argue that actual struggles are not guided by abstract ethical representations of the good life, but more negatively, by contestation of the limits of articulated universals by the ones who are excluded and marginalised.https://krisis.eu/article/view/36256social critiqueanti-authoritarianismuniversalscontestation
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universals
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title How to Engage in Practices of Critique? From a Universal Conception of the Good Life to the Contestation of Universals
title_short How to Engage in Practices of Critique? From a Universal Conception of the Good Life to the Contestation of Universals
title_full How to Engage in Practices of Critique? From a Universal Conception of the Good Life to the Contestation of Universals
title_fullStr How to Engage in Practices of Critique? From a Universal Conception of the Good Life to the Contestation of Universals
title_full_unstemmed How to Engage in Practices of Critique? From a Universal Conception of the Good Life to the Contestation of Universals
title_sort how to engage in practices of critique? from a universal conception of the good life to the contestation of universals
publisher University of Groningen Press
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publishDate 2019-10-01
description Critical social theories examine social arrangements from the point of view of the obstacles that these structures pose to human flourishing, with the purpose of bringing about social change for the better. In this article, I contest the idea that these changes have to be guided by an idea of the good society. I argue that actual struggles are not guided by abstract ethical representations of the good life, but more negatively, by contestation of the limits of articulated universals by the ones who are excluded and marginalised.
topic social critique
anti-authoritarianism
universals
contestation
url https://krisis.eu/article/view/36256
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