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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Autor principal:	Annemarije Hagen
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN NL
Publicado:	University of Groningen Press 2019
Materias:	social critique anti-authoritarianism universals contestation Social Sciences H Political science (General) JA1-92 Philosophy (General) B1-5802
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1b4e50ddd3f44efe8c46b60ddf4b02c02021-12-02T19:33:51ZHow to Engage in Practices of Critique? From a Universal Conception of the Good Life to the Contestation of Universals1875-7103https://doaj.org/article/1b4e50ddd3f44efe8c46b60ddf4b02c02019-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://krisis.eu/article/view/36256https://doaj.org/toc/1875-7103Critical 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.Annemarije HagenUniversity of Groningen Pressarticlesocial critiqueanti-authoritarianismuniversalscontestationSocial SciencesHPolitical science (General)JA1-92Philosophy (General)B1-5802ENNLKrisis, Vol 39, Iss 1, Pp 2-14 (2019)
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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.
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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
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How to Engage in Practices of Critique? From a Universal Conception of the Good Life to the Contestation of Universals

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