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'''Critique''', especially in [[philosophy|philosophical]] contexts (in which it is used to translate the [[German language|German]] word ''Kritik''), has a more clearly defined meaning than ''criticism''. (Confusingly, the [[adjective|adjectival]] form of both ''critique'' and ''criticism'' is ''critical'', making some uses ambiguous: e.g., "[[critical theory]]"). In this broadly political context, a '''critique''' is a systematic inquiry into the conditions and consequences of a [[concept]] or set of concepts, and an attempt to understand its limitations. A ''critical'' perspective, in this sense, is the opposite of a ''[[dogma]]tic'' one. In philosophy, this sense of the word was defined by [[Immanuel Kant]], who wrote: | '''Critique''', especially in [[philosophy|philosophical]] contexts (in which it is used to translate the [[German language|German]] word ''Kritik''), has a more clearly defined meaning than ''criticism''. (Confusingly, the [[adjective|adjectival]] form of both ''critique'' and ''criticism'' is ''critical'', making some uses ambiguous: e.g., "[[critical theory]]"). In this broadly political context, a '''critique''' is a systematic inquiry into the conditions and consequences of a [[concept]] or set of concepts, and an attempt to understand its limitations. A ''critical'' perspective, in this sense, is the opposite of a ''[[dogma]]tic'' one. In philosophy, this sense of the word was defined by [[Immanuel Kant]], who wrote: | ||
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Critique, especially in philosophical contexts (in which it is used to translate the German word Kritik), has a more clearly defined meaning than criticism. (Confusingly, the adjectival form of both critique and criticism is critical, making some uses ambiguous: e.g., "critical theory"). In this broadly political context, a critique is a systematic inquiry into the conditions and consequences of a concept or set of concepts, and an attempt to understand its limitations. A critical perspective, in this sense, is the opposite of a dogmatic one. In philosophy, this sense of the word was defined by Immanuel Kant, who wrote:
- We deal with a concept dogmatically…if we consider it as contained under another concept of the object which constitutes a principle of reason and determine it in conformity with this. But we deal with it merely critically if we consider it only in reference to our cognitive faculties and consequently to the subjective conditions of thinking it, without undertaking to decide anything about its object. (Critique of Judgment sec. 74)
Later thinkers used the word critique, in a broader version of Kant's sense of the word, to mean the systematic inquiry into the limits of a doctrine or set of concepts (for instance, much of Karl Marx's work was in the critique of political economy).
The cultural studies approach to criticism arises out of critical theory. It treats cultural products and their reception as sociological evidence, which may be sceptically examined to divine wider social ills such as racism or gender bias.
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