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WikiProject Critical Theory

[edit] What is Critical Theory?

Excerpt from the Critical theory article:

In the humanities and social sciences, critical theory is a general term for new theoretical developments (roughly since the 1960s) in a variety of fields, informed by structuralism, post-structuralism, deconstruction, Marxist theory, and several other areas of thought. It encompasses many related developments in literary theory (which is often a rough synonym) and cultural studies, aesthetics, theoretical sociology and social theory, continental philosophy more generally.

[edit] Scope and Goals

(Please note that this document is a work in progress -- feel free to edit it as you see fit.)

This WikiProject seeks to coordinate efforts to fill the substantial holes in articles about Critical theory. This is a somewhat difficult task, since most people working in critical theory can't even agree on what critical theory is. Regardless, it's a major aspect of contemporary academic work, and Wikipedia needs to be up on it. We have created a list of articles that fall under this project.

At the time of writing, entries on Critical theory tend to be stubby, inaccurate, and to have sections put in that seem to be motivated heavily by an anti-postmodernist or anti-academic slant. It is not our goal to ignore the controversy that still surrounds postmodern theory, but to help collect that controversy in coherent sections of relevent articles on general topics within postmodernism, and to give a sense of the larger debate. Ideally, resources on Critical theory within Wikipedia will be useful both for a generalist who is seeking to better understand contemporary academic work in the humanities, and by, say, a first year graduate student looking for a resource to help stay afloat in an intro theory class. To this end, we need contributors ranging from people working professionally in the field of critical studies to laymen who can point out that we've descended into hopeless jargon.

Image:Evolution-tasks.png Here are some open WikiProject Critical Theory tasks:

Feel free to edit this list or discuss these tasks.

The goals of this WikiProject are as follows:

  1. To identify those areas of critical theory which lack sufficient coverage on the 'pedia.
  2. To expand those articles which do not provide reasonable overviews of concepts.
  3. To correct those articles that do not accurately represent thought on a subject.
  4. To clarify those articles that are a mess of jargon.

[edit] How you can help

  1. Locate pages that need attention, then add them to the tasks list or the the Open Tasks list.
  2. Locate or create pages related to critical theory and add them to the list of topics in the project
  3. Add the Open Tasks box to your User: or User_talk: page. (Add {{CriticalTheoryTasks}} anywhere on the page.)
  4. Add this page or the Open Tasks list to your watchlist, and work on projects listed.
  5. Complete open tasks and check them off the list.
  6. Discuss what else we can do!

You can also add yourself to the list of participants below. Thanks for helping out!

[edit] Participants

  1. bookgirl
  2. Buffyg
  3. COGDENtalk (currently on Wikiholiday)
  4. Cordialatron
  5. CriminalSaint
  6. Deleuze
  7. Emilybennett
  8. Gareth E Kegg
  9. headisdead
  10. Hyacinth
  11. Jjshapiro
  12. Joaquin Murietta
  13. Jon Awbrey
  14. Jsn4
  15. Kjn
  16. XmarkX
  17. mhandelm
  18. Pteron
  19. Rachiestar
  20. Rbellin
  21. sa.vakilian
  22. Seth Mahoney
  23. Smmurphy
  1. Snowspinner
  2. Taragui
  3. Valve
  4. voyager640
  5. Zack3rdbb
  6. PStrait
  7. Mostlyharmless

[edit] Open Tasks

When adding a task, please follow the current format, including space for volunteer signup and timestamping the addition. If any additional information is needed, please include it in the entry, but try to keep more extensive discussion on the talk pages. If you want, you can also add the task to the Critical Theory Tasks box. After a task is completed, please remove it from both lists.

[edit] Short-term tasks

[edit] Mid-range tasks

[edit] Global Pragmata

  • Diversity And Inclusiveness (DAI)

[edit] Requests for comment

  • Postmodernity: I am participating in a discussion on the talk page of this article regarding the opening paragraph. I proposed what I think is a pretty standard critical theory definition of the term, based on a melding of Jameson and Lyotard, but another user insists on leaving the introduction the way it is, which doesn't make a lot of sense to me, and which I think confuses postmodernity with postmodernism. I would appreciate anyone's comments or suggestions, so that we can improve the article. (Note: after I wrote this, the user made some changes that moved the article in the right direction, but I still would appreciate assistance.) [[User:COGDEN|COGDEN(talk)]] 00:08, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Templates

{{CriticalTheoryTasks}} will add the open tasks list to a page. (Note: cap-sensitive.)

This list will be regularly updated by volunteers with pages that need attention. If you find such a page, feel free to add it to the list. If you wish to place the box on your own User or User_talk page, it would be much appreciated. (Keep in mind that the box is currently auto-justified to the right.)


Putting {{CriticalTheory}} on a talk page will add this notice to it:

This article is part of WikiProject Critical Theory, an attempt to build a comprehensive, detailed, and accessible guide to critical theory on Wikipedia. We have prepared a list of other articles in the field of critical theory. If you would like to participate in the project, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the project page for more information.


This message should be placed on the talk pages of articles whose content would be of great interest to someone researching topics in critical theory.

A list of articles that have been marked as part of the project can be found here. Please add any pages you tag to the list.

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Parentage

This WikiProject is either a top-level project, or has been orphaned.

Descendant Wikiprojects

No descendant WikiProjects have yet been defined. Hopefully some day we'll be able to spin off baby projects for individual branches of critical theory.

Assimilative Wikiprojects

Some people consider this project to be a sibling of WikiProject Philosophy. (A paternity suit has been filed.) The gaze of critical theory scans many of the same vistas that philosophy overlooks, but looks them over just a bit differentially, in what it dares to imagine is a slightly more critical and inclusive manner. Can that really be the case? We shall see … But for the time being, reflect on these topoi of critical points and on their \cap with the common-places of philosophy, and see what you see for yourself.
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