Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > Critique as justification – and beyond

Research

Links

Text available via DOI:

Keywords

View graph of relations

Critique as justification – and beyond

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Published

Standard

Critique as justification – and beyond. / Diken, Bulent.
In: The Sociological Review, Vol. 63, No. 4, 30.11.2015, p. 922-939.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Harvard

Diken, B 2015, 'Critique as justification – and beyond', The Sociological Review, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 922-939. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12336

APA

Diken, B. (2015). Critique as justification – and beyond. The Sociological Review, 63(4), 922-939. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12336

Vancouver

Diken B. Critique as justification – and beyond. The Sociological Review. 2015 Nov 30;63(4):922-939. Epub 2015 Nov 1. doi: 10.1111/1467-954X.12336

Author

Diken, Bulent. / Critique as justification – and beyond. In: The Sociological Review. 2015 ; Vol. 63, No. 4. pp. 922-939.

Bibtex

@article{28e61074765a456a885f160c89b59be2,
title = "Critique as justification – and beyond",
abstract = "The article discusses the predicament of contemporary critique by focusing on a theoretical case, the {\textquoteleft}sociology of critique{\textquoteright} as it is formulated by Boltanski and Th{\'e}venot (2006) and developed by Boltanski and Chiapello (2007). This sociology is critical of critical theory and endeavours to supplement critical theory with a {\textquoteleft}theory of critique{\textquoteright}, with a pragmatic analysis of the normative values that inspire intentional action. In order to be critical, it insists, one must first understand what critique is. However, the sociology of critique delimits critique to justification on the basis of (only) existing values and indexes all critique to the governmental idea of reform. The article elaborates on this by juxtaposing radical critique and pragmatic critique in the light of recent debate.",
keywords = "critique, justification, radical critique, biopolitics, networking, capitalism",
author = "Bulent Diken",
year = "2015",
month = nov,
day = "30",
doi = "10.1111/1467-954X.12336",
language = "English",
volume = "63",
pages = "922--939",
journal = "The Sociological Review",
issn = "0038-0261",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Ltd",
number = "4",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Critique as justification – and beyond

AU - Diken, Bulent

PY - 2015/11/30

Y1 - 2015/11/30

N2 - The article discusses the predicament of contemporary critique by focusing on a theoretical case, the ‘sociology of critique’ as it is formulated by Boltanski and Thévenot (2006) and developed by Boltanski and Chiapello (2007). This sociology is critical of critical theory and endeavours to supplement critical theory with a ‘theory of critique’, with a pragmatic analysis of the normative values that inspire intentional action. In order to be critical, it insists, one must first understand what critique is. However, the sociology of critique delimits critique to justification on the basis of (only) existing values and indexes all critique to the governmental idea of reform. The article elaborates on this by juxtaposing radical critique and pragmatic critique in the light of recent debate.

AB - The article discusses the predicament of contemporary critique by focusing on a theoretical case, the ‘sociology of critique’ as it is formulated by Boltanski and Thévenot (2006) and developed by Boltanski and Chiapello (2007). This sociology is critical of critical theory and endeavours to supplement critical theory with a ‘theory of critique’, with a pragmatic analysis of the normative values that inspire intentional action. In order to be critical, it insists, one must first understand what critique is. However, the sociology of critique delimits critique to justification on the basis of (only) existing values and indexes all critique to the governmental idea of reform. The article elaborates on this by juxtaposing radical critique and pragmatic critique in the light of recent debate.

KW - critique

KW - justification

KW - radical critique

KW - biopolitics

KW - networking

KW - capitalism

U2 - 10.1111/1467-954X.12336

DO - 10.1111/1467-954X.12336

M3 - Journal article

VL - 63

SP - 922

EP - 939

JO - The Sociological Review

JF - The Sociological Review

SN - 0038-0261

IS - 4

ER -