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Critical Theory

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An approach in philosophy and the social sciences that analyzes and critiques society and culture with the goal of promoting human freedom and exposing barriers to that freedom.
Category: Research and Theory
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Theories
Narrower Terms
Critical Race Theory
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Critical Humanism in Education (2004)
Critical Pedagogy (2004)
Related Terms
Critical Literacy
Critical Thinking
Educational Sociology
Hermeneutics
Humanization
Marxian Analysis
Phenomenology
Philosophy
Postmodernism
Praxis
Social Change
Social Science Research
Social Theories
Social Values
Sociology
Added to ERIC: 4/25/1990