Critical Theory

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Critical Theory


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This section goes deep into sources of identity, including elements of philosophy. It was done as a part of revision for a university course.

What is Critical Theory: A whole bag of stuff that makes you think.
Critical theory concepts: Just some of the things in the bag.
Theorists, including:
Louis Althusser: ISA and interpelllation.
Emile Benveniste: Language and psychoanalysis.
Ferdinand de Saussure: Linguistics and semiotics.
Jaques Derrida: Deconstruction and diff�rance.
Michel Foucault: Genealogy, institutions, identity
Schools of thought, including:
Constructionism: We build our world internally.
Ethnicity: And the full panoply of variation.
Feminism: Challenging the source of female identity.
Postmodernism: Holistic, anti-deconstructionist viewpoint.
Post-structuralism: Structuralism is seen as too simplistic.
Postmodernism: Things are not as simple as they seem.
Semiotics: The study of signs.
Structuralism: A thing is the sum of its parts and their relationships.