IPE reading notes

Frankfurt School, 1930

Horkheimer: provides descriptive and normative bases for social inquiry aimed at decreasing domination and increasing all freedoms

Critical Theory must be: Explanatory – ie. Explain what’s wrong with society Practical – ie. Identify the actors to change it as well as achievable goals for social transformation

Normative – ie. Provide norms for criticism 

Normativity of CT: transforming capitalism into “real democracy” where humans take control by real consensus

Critical theory and globalization: 

Instead of looking at how globalization constrains democratic institutions, rather look at how the globalizing process can open up new institutional possibilities 

Need of a global critical theory

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Frankfurt School, 1930

Horkheimer: provides descriptive and normative bases for social inquiry aimed at decreasing domination and increasing all freedoms

Critical Theory must be: Explanatory – ie. Explain what’s wrong with society Practical – ie. Identify the actors to change it as well as achievable goals for social transformation

Normative – ie. Provide norms for criticism 

Normativity of CT: transforming capitalism into “real democracy” where humans take control by real consensus

Critical theory and globalization: 

Instead of looking at how globalization constrains democratic institutions, rather look at how the globalizing process can open up new institutional possibilities 

Need of a global critical theory

...

LINK DOWNLOAD

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