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

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dc.contributor.advisorCrowell, Steven
dc.creatorRehman, Bilal
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-24T16:00:26Z
dc.date.available2020-08-24T16:00:26Z
dc.date.issued2020-05
dc.descriptionAn undergraduate thesis submitted in partial application for the Honors degree in Philosophy.
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.”
dc.format.extent61 pp
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.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25611/c2sa-1k02
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/109257
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRice University
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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/
dc.subjectcritical theory
dc.subjectFrankfurt school
dc.subjectMarxism
dc.subjectpoststructuralism
dc.subjectpostcolonial theory
dc.titleCritical Theory, Normativity, and Catastrophe: A Critique of Amy Allen’s Metanormative Contextualism
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.departmentPhilosophy
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanities
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelUndergraduate
thesis.degree.nameHonor Thesis
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