critical theoryn.

Brit.

/ˌkrɪtᵻkl ˈθɪəri/, U.S.

/ˌkrɪdək(ə)l ˈθɪri/,

/ˌkrɪdək(ə)l ˈθiəri/

Forms: frequently with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: critical adj., theory n.

Etymology: < critical adj. + theory n. In sense 2 after German kritische Theorie (M. Horkheimer 1937, in Zeitschr. f. Sozialforschung 6 245; compare quot. 1937 at sense 2, from an English summary appended to the same article).

1. Any of various theories concerned with the origin and nature of literary works; the field of study relating to the critical analysis, evaluation, and understanding of documents and texts.Originally with reference to Biblical texts and studies. In later use often influenced by or merging with sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > [noun] > types of literary criticism

criticism1625

critical theory1799

literary theory1807

autocriticism1820

pseudo-criticism1851

Formgeschichte1923

form-criticism1928

form-history1928

practical criticism1929

New Criticism1941

contextualism1955

patternism1956

objectivism1961

narratology1971

new historicism1972

deconstruction1973

post-structuralism1975

deconstructionism1980

theory1982

1799 S. Horsley Crit. Disquis. 18th Chapter Isaiah 67 This conjectural interpretation of nourishing..[is] not transferred directly to the Hebrew verb..but derived indirectly, by critical theory, from the sense of a noun of the same letters in the Syriac.

1882 Presbyterian Rev. July 583 Turning now to the modern critical theory with reference to the origin and composition of the Pentateuch, as set forth by Graf, Kuenen, Wellhausen, and others, we cannot accept it for the following reasons.

1904 G. G. Smith Elizabethan Crit. Ess. I. p. xxx The purpose of the essayists..was less in the interest of critical theory than in support of their side in the controversy.

2018 PMS Newswire (Nexis) 29 Oct. This study analyses the feasibility of formulating a literary critical theory..to study and interpret writings showing expatriate sensibility.

2. A school of social theory developed from the 1930s through to the late 1960s, often associated with the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt (the Frankfurt School), and engaging in the critique of capitalism (understood in Marxist terms), involving the analysis of society in all aspects (economic, social, and cultural) and of the relation of society to individuals. Also in extended use: any theoretical approach developed from or adopting similar techniques to this; (later also) any theoretically mediated criticism of culture and society.Critical theory typically involves reflection on the socio-historical context and social function of its objects, self-reflexivity, and a dialectical approach. The leading figures were Max Horkheimer, Herbert Marcuse, and Theodor W. Adorno; later developments are particularly associated with Jürgen Habermas.

ΚΠ

1937 Zeitschr. f. Sozialforschung 6 293 Critical theory, therefore, always remains intimately linked up with the reality of existence.

1968 J. J. Shapiro tr. H. Marcuse Negations iv. 155 The rigorously scientific character that critical theory has always made a criterion of its concepts.

1973 P. F. Lazarsfeld Main Trends in Sociol. iii. 59 For Marcuse, dialectics and critical theory are the same.

1973 M. Jay Dialectical Imagination ii. 41 At the very heart of Critical Theory was an aversion to closed philosophical systems... Critical Theory..was expressed through a series of critiques of other thinkers and philosophical traditions.

1992 Raritan Summer 109 Out of the Frankfurt school of critical theory..Habermas developed a sense of an immanent critique based on a comprehensive use of social theory.

2002 Jrnl. Black Stud. 33 147 In exploring Malcom X's contributions to critical theory, it is important to keep in mind his commitment to radicalism, and Black radicalism in particular.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	critical theory
释义	critical theoryn. Brit. /ˌkrɪtᵻkl ˈθɪəri/, U.S. /ˌkrɪdək(ə)l ˈθɪri/, /ˌkrɪdək(ə)l ˈθiəri/ Forms: frequently with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: critical adj., theory n. Etymology: < critical adj. + theory n. In sense 2 after German kritische Theorie (M. Horkheimer 1937, in Zeitschr. f. Sozialforschung 6 245; compare quot. 1937 at sense 2, from an English summary appended to the same article). 1. Any of various theories concerned with the origin and nature of literary works; the field of study relating to the critical analysis, evaluation, and understanding of documents and texts.Originally with reference to Biblical texts and studies. In later use often influenced by or merging with sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > [noun] > types of literary criticism criticism1625 critical theory1799 literary theory1807 autocriticism1820 pseudo-criticism1851 Formgeschichte1923 form-criticism1928 form-history1928 practical criticism1929 New Criticism1941 contextualism1955 patternism1956 objectivism1961 narratology1971 new historicism1972 deconstruction1973 post-structuralism1975 deconstructionism1980 theory1982 1799 S. Horsley Crit. Disquis. 18th Chapter Isaiah 67 This conjectural interpretation of nourishing..[is] not transferred directly to the Hebrew verb..but derived indirectly, by critical theory, from the sense of a noun of the same letters in the Syriac. 1882 Presbyterian Rev. July 583 Turning now to the modern critical theory with reference to the origin and composition of the Pentateuch, as set forth by Graf, Kuenen, Wellhausen, and others, we cannot accept it for the following reasons. 1904 G. G. Smith Elizabethan Crit. Ess. I. p. xxx The purpose of the essayists..was less in the interest of critical theory than in support of their side in the controversy. 2018 PMS Newswire (Nexis) 29 Oct. This study analyses the feasibility of formulating a literary critical theory..to study and interpret writings showing expatriate sensibility. 2. A school of social theory developed from the 1930s through to the late 1960s, often associated with the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt (the Frankfurt School), and engaging in the critique of capitalism (understood in Marxist terms), involving the analysis of society in all aspects (economic, social, and cultural) and of the relation of society to individuals. Also in extended use: any theoretical approach developed from or adopting similar techniques to this; (later also) any theoretically mediated criticism of culture and society.Critical theory typically involves reflection on the socio-historical context and social function of its objects, self-reflexivity, and a dialectical approach. The leading figures were Max Horkheimer, Herbert Marcuse, and Theodor W. Adorno; later developments are particularly associated with Jürgen Habermas. ΚΠ 1937 Zeitschr. f. Sozialforschung 6 293 Critical theory, therefore, always remains intimately linked up with the reality of existence. 1968 J. J. Shapiro tr. H. Marcuse Negations iv. 155 The rigorously scientific character that critical theory has always made a criterion of its concepts. 1973 P. F. Lazarsfeld Main Trends in Sociol. iii. 59 For Marcuse, dialectics and critical theory are the same. 1973 M. Jay Dialectical Imagination ii. 41 At the very heart of Critical Theory was an aversion to closed philosophical systems... Critical Theory..was expressed through a series of critiques of other thinkers and philosophical traditions. 1992 Raritan Summer 109 Out of the Frankfurt school of critical theory..Habermas developed a sense of an immanent critique based on a comprehensive use of social theory. 2002 Jrnl. Black Stud. 33 147 In exploring Malcom X's contributions to critical theory, it is important to keep in mind his commitment to radicalism, and Black radicalism in particular. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1799
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