Critical theory gets blamed for a lot these days, and defended just as loudly, often by people on both sides who haven't read much of it. So here's what Marx and Freud, the Frankfurt School, Foucault, Derrida and the feminist, race and queer theorists actually said.
Each gets a fair hearing first, then the problems. Along the way you'll see how universities, jargon and activism turned a set of tools into something more like a creed, and the last chapter offers practical advice on reading this stuff without being swallowed by it.
What you get: a ZIP file containing the book as a PDF (140 pages) and an EPUB, so you can read it on a computer, tablet or e-reader.
Critical theory gets blamed for a lot these days, and defended just as loudly, often by people on both sides who haven't read much of it. So here's what Marx and Freud, the Frankfurt School, Foucault, Derrida and the feminist, race and queer theorists actually said.
Each gets a fair hearing first, then the problems. Along the way you'll see how universities, jargon and activism turned a set of tools into something more like a creed, and the last chapter offers practical advice on reading this stuff without being swallowed by it.
What you get: a ZIP file containing the book as a PDF (140 pages) and an EPUB, so you can read it on a computer, tablet or e-reader.