Critical Theory

Critical theory is a school of thought that stresses the reflective assessment and critique of society and culture by applying knowledge from the social sciences and the humanities.

Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
The Society of the Spectacle
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction
Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
Mythologies
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Simulacra and Simulation
Orientalism
Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life
Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
The Culture Industry
Ben Appel
How will our country survive if its youngest generations are being indoctrinated to hate it? How will it survive if we're taught to hate ourselves? ...more
Ben Appel, Cis White Gay: The Making of a Gender Heretic

A core tenet of CSJ is that emotional harm is comparable to physical harm; when you cause someone to feel a negative emotion, you are causing harm to that individual. Any level of discomfort is considered harmful and, in some cases, the equivalent of violence.
Dr Val Thomas, Cynical Therapies: Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice

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