Critical Theory, Normativity, and Catastrophe: A Critique of Amy Allen’s Metanormative Contextualism

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dc.contributor.advisorCrowell, Stevenen_US
dc.creatorRehman, Bilalen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-24T16:00:26Zen_US
dc.date.available2020-08-24T16:00:26Zen_US
dc.date.issued2020-05en_US
dc.descriptionAn undergraduate thesis submitted in partial application for the Honors degree in Philosophy.en_US
dc.description.abstractCritical theory is an approach to philosophical and cultural analysis that focuses on oppression and liberation. In this essay, I consider the prospect of moral-political progress in critical theory, focusing primarily on Amy Allen’s position of metanormative contextualism as described in her 2016 work, "The End of Progress." I first consider Allen’s arguments against Jurgen Habermas' theory of communicative action, and then explore how metanormative contextualism is rooted in the thought of Theodor Adorno and Michel Foucault. Lastly, by showing how postcolonial studies reminds us of the deeply political stakes of critical theory, I argue that ideas about moral-political progress can be grounded in the urgent need to “avoid catastrophe.”en_US
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dc.identifier.citationRehman, Bilal. "Critical Theory, Normativity, and Catastrophe: A Critique of Amy Allen’s Metanormative Contextualism." Undergraduate thesis, Rice University, 2020. https://doi.org/10.25611/c2sa-1k02.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25611/c2sa-1k02en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/109257en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherRice Universityen_US
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dc.rights.uriThis item is shared under a Creative Commons License- Attribution (CC BY), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/en_US
dc.subjectcritical theoryen_US
dc.subjectFrankfurt schoolen_US
dc.subjectMarxismen_US
dc.subjectpoststructuralismen_US
dc.subjectpostcolonial theoryen_US
dc.titleCritical Theory, Normativity, and Catastrophe: A Critique of Amy Allen’s Metanormative Contextualismen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
thesis.degree.departmentPhilosophyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanitiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelUndergraduateen_US
thesis.degree.nameHonor Thesisen_US
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