A critical theory is any approach to humanities and social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to attempt to reveal, critique, and challenge...

Critical race theory (CRT) is an interdisciplinary academic field focused on the relationships between social conceptions of race and ethnicity, social...

societies. Also critical of Marxism–Leninism as a philosophically inflexible system of social organization, the School's critical-theory research sought...

The spectacle is a central notion in the Situationist theory, developed by Guy Debord in his 1967 book The Society of the Spectacle. In the general sense...

outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to critical theory: Critical theory – the examination and critique of society and culture, drawing...

Critical juncture theory focuses on critical junctures, i.e., large, rapid, discontinuous changes, and the long-term causal effect or historical legacy...

Critical pedagogy is a philosophy of education and social movement that developed and applied concepts from critical theory and related traditions to...

efforts have been made by conservatives and others to challenge critical race theory (CRT) being taught in schools in the United States. Following the...

and educational theorist Paulo Freire, grounded in neo-Marxist critical theory. Critical consciousness focuses on achieving an in-depth understanding of...

of the world, not a pure, interest-free theory. Hermeneutics may thus be understood as a theory about critical reading. This field was until recently associated...