critical theory

Etymology
, first defined by in his 1937 essay “Traditional and Critical Theory”.

Noun

 * 1) The examination and critique of society and literature, drawing from knowledge across social science and the humanities;  the original ideas developed by the Frankfurt School.

Meronyms

 * critical legal studies, critical legal theory
 * queer theory
 * technocriticism
 * thing theory

Derived terms

 * critical race theory
 * critical theorist

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 批判理論
 * Finnish: kriittinen teoria
 * German: kritische Theorie
 * Irish: teoiric na critice
 * Swedish: kritisk teori