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- Title
Almost a Critical Theorist . . .
- Authors
Ihde, Don
- Abstract
This article starts with an autobiographical reflection in which I first trace how close I came to doing my Ph.D. studies with Herbert Marcuse when he was at Brandeis University; then follows my early post-Ph.D. work which continued to use critical theorists in teaching, later following a growing disillusionment with the implicit elitism of many critical theory authors. Then I turn to deeper philosophical reasons for my divergence from critical theory by introducing the notion of "shelflife," and argue that much Marxist and neo-Marxist work is today outdated, or has reached limits of its shelf-life.
- Subjects
MARCUSE, Herbert, 1898-1979; BRANDEIS University; CRITICAL theory; THEORISTS; ELITISM; DISILLUSIONMENT
- Publication
Techne: Research in Philosophy & Technology, 2020, Vol 24, Issue 1/2, p15
- ISSN
0161-7249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5840/techne2020319121