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r/CriticalTheory
190k members
r/CriticalTheory is a subreddit with 190k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size, and has high activity.
Critical theory is a school of thought that stresses the examination and the critique of society and culture by applying knowledge from the social sciences and the humanities.
Popular Themes in r/CriticalTheory
#1
Advice Requests
: "How do you keep up-to-date with critical theory?"
8 posts
#2
News
: "We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher – Felixstowe, Floods, and Decapitalised Production (June Update)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/CriticalTheory
#1
Philosophy
: "How Did Analytic Philosophy Become the Ruling Class of Thought? Christoph Schuringa Explains"
29 posts
#2
Theory
: "How do you grapple with Theory while struggling with executive functioning disorders?"
27 posts
#3
Politics
: "‘The Red and the Green.’ The Japanese philosopher Kohei Saito’s proposal for “degrowth communism” as a solution to the climate crisis has inspired fierce debate, including among other Marxists."
20 posts
#4
Culture
: "Graeber mentions a "famous" essay wherein the French created civilization and the Germans created Culture. What is that essay?"
9 posts
#5
Technology
: "AI, and the mass unemployment it brings, will cause something resembling a revolution."
9 posts
#6
Capitalism
: "The Era of Passive Consumption — Late-Stage Capitalism, Culture, and the Death of Attention"
7 posts
#7
Fascism
: "Modern Fascism is strange, why does it still exist?"
7 posts
#8
Art
: "Art on Trial: How Moral Surveillance Replaced Criticism"
6 posts
#9
Gender
: "Butler's theory of Gender performativity - what is Gender being performed for?"
6 posts
#10
Critical Theory
: "Quinn Slobodian on Hayek's Bastards"
5 posts
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