Problematizing Critical Theory: Arriving at a More Critical Critical Theory

• Main Author: Rodriguez, Agustin Martin G
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: Habermas; critical theory; Filipino thought; discourse theory; Philosophy
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/philo-faculty-pubs/23; http://www.kritike.org/journal/special_issue/rodriguez_april2019.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper reflects on how critical theory is deeply rooted in Western, European philosophical traditions. It argues that a more radical critical philosophizing could be realized if the rationality of the othered traditions of thinking are brought to bear in critical theorizing.