PHIL 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Steven Lukes
9 Apr 2018
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Never focuses on a certain phenomenon on the world, but rather the way we commonly or sort of colloquially think about these phenomenons. Critical theory calls upon us to take a skeptical attitude. The figures attempt to construct theories that are critical all the way down - critical self-reflexivity . In the sense that you aren"t critical, you"re being misled, and you might possibly be considered unfree . Whenever someone has power to you, you are, to a certain extent, Lays out some ways that someone can think about power/power dynamics. First dimension: should conflict between x and y arise, x has the ability to get her way and force y to comply . This is a type of power that is very hard to miss - we can usually identify these kind of power dynamics. Second dimension: x has the ability to set the agenda, thereby controlling which questions are permitted to be raised in the first place.
