Review of The Critical Turn in Education: From Marxist Critique to Poststructuralist Feminism to Critical Theories of Race by Isaac Gottesman

Chapter 2 studies the relationship between historicism and Romanticism. It locates the two between Enlightenment materialism, on one side, and Marxian historical and dialectical materialism, on the other. In so doing, it isolates a paradox of materialism—namely, its production of the very concepts that undo it. These include the ideas of knowing as dissociated conceptual activity, and consciousness as absolute negativity. Romanticism and historicism, it is argued, represent solutions to a common problem—a claim defended through a reading of Wordsworth’s sonnet “The world is too much with us.” In considering how we position ourselves in relation to past literature, the chapter evaluates the choices between contemplation and empathy, knowledge and power, blame and defense. As such, it represents the first move in a self-critical turn on the new historicist method that had shaped the author’s—and part of the field’s—work in the previous decade.

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Parafermionization, bosonization, and critical parafermionic theories

Journal of High Energy Physics ◽

10.1007/jhep04(2021)285 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Yuan Yao ◽

Akira Furusaki

Keyword(s):

Field Theory ◽

Conformal Field Theory ◽

Degrees Of Freedom ◽

Lattice Models ◽

Partition Functions ◽

Minimal Models ◽

Fermionic Model ◽

Conformal Field ◽

Critical Theories ◽

Wigner Transformation

AbstractWe formulate a ℤk-parafermionization/bosonization scheme for one-dimensional lattice models and field theories on a torus, starting from a generalized Jordan-Wigner transformation on a lattice, which extends the Majorana-Ising duality atk= 2. The ℤk-parafermionization enables us to investigate the critical theories of parafermionic chains whose fundamental degrees of freedom are parafermionic, and we find that their criticality cannot be described by any existing conformal field theory. The modular transformations of these parafermionic low-energy critical theories as general consistency conditions are found to be unconventional in that their partition functions on a torus transform differently from any conformal field theory whenk >2. Explicit forms of partition functions are obtained by the developed parafermionization for a large class of critical ℤk-parafermionic chains, whose operator contents are intrinsically distinct from any bosonic or fermionic model in terms of conformal spins and statistics. We also use the parafermionization to exhaust all the ℤk-parafermionic minimal models, complementing earlier works on fermionic cases.

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A City Too Busy to Remember? Aging, Structural Violence, and the Politics of Forgetting in Atlanta’s Gentrification

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1266 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 393-393

Author(s):

John Pothen ◽

Keland Yip ◽

Ellen Idler

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Structural Violence ◽

Aging In Place ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

The Past ◽

Critical Theories ◽

Property Owners ◽

Ongoing Development ◽

The City ◽

Depth Interviews

Abstract Can forgotten stories from the past inform a city’s future? As older adults continue to live longer and comprise more of the population than ever before, the suitability of gentrifying spaces for older adults aging in place is increasingly important. Critical theories of gentrification argue that remembering the experiences of older adults in this context - experiences of suffering, resilience, and structural violence - is essential to promote changes in support aging in place. In this study, we tell a story of individual experiences, structural violence, and aging in the ongoing gentrification of one neighborhood in southwest Atlanta. We construct this narrative through a qualitative analysis of 1,500 local newspaper articles from 1950 to the present day and 10 in-depth interviews with ex-residents of the neighborhood aged 65-87. Drawing on the theory of planetary rent gaps, we frame gentrification as a class struggle between property-owners and working class residents. We highlight the city government’s role as a facilitator for property-owners through projects including the Model City initiative, preparation for the 1996 Olympics, and ongoing development surrounding the Atlanta BeltLine. We show how these projects have affected the prospects for aging in place in general and, specifically, by affecting access to healthcare services. We share this story in an effort to combat the politics of forgetting and to inform a richer, more inclusive, and more equitable future for gentrifying spaces.

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Gender Stereotypes and Their Impact on Women’s Career Progressions from a Managerial Perspective

IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review ◽

10.1177/2277975220975513 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 227797522097551

Author(s):

Naznin Tabassum ◽

Bhabani Shankar Nayak

Keyword(s):

Gender Studies ◽

Gender Stereotypes ◽

Theoretical Understanding ◽

Management Culture ◽

Women In Management ◽

Critical Theories ◽

The Social ◽

Prejudice And Discrimination ◽

Contemporary Management ◽

Managerial Perspective

Gender stereotypes continue to exist and are transmitted through media, and through social, educational and recreational socialization, which promote gender prejudice and discrimination. This paper argues that contemporary management culture does not critically engage with the social theories of gender studies, which could help in developing gender-neutral affirmative action-oriented managerial perspectives. The paper outlines different aspects of gender stereotyping and their impact on women’s career progressions from a managerial perspective, which engages with the critical theories of gender studies. The paper contributes to existing literature by identifying the antecedents of gender stereotypes and their impacts on the career progressions of women in management. It advances theoretical understanding of three clear conceptual shifts, that is, (a) Women in Management, (b) Women and Management and (c) Gender and Management. The theoretical transition from Women in Management to Women and Management led to progressive conceptual shifts in management literature but gender stereotypes continue to exist in society.

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Butler and Postanalytic Philosophy

Hypatia ◽

10.1017/hyp.2021.16 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-26

Author(s):

Paul Giladi

Keyword(s):

Identity Politics ◽

Cognitive Strategies ◽

Judith Butler ◽

Feminist Identity ◽

Wilfrid Sellars ◽

Poststructuralist Feminism ◽

Pragmatic Account ◽

Space Of Reasons ◽

Definition Of

Abstract This article has two aims: (i) to bring Judith Butler and Wilfrid Sellars into conversation; and (ii) to argue that Butler's poststructuralist critique of feminist identity politics has metaphilosophical potential, given her pragmatic parallel with Sellars's critique of conceptual analyses of knowledge. With regard to (i), I argue that Butler's objections to the definitional practice constitutive of certain ways of construing feminism is comparable to Sellars's critique of the analytical project geared toward providing definitions of knowledge. Specifically, I propose that moving away from a definition of woman to what one may call poststructuralist sites of woman parallels moving away from a definition of knowledge to a pragmatic account of knowledge as a recognizable standing in the normative space of reasons. With regard to (ii), I argue that the important parallels between Butler's poststructuralist feminism and Sellars's antirepresentationalist normative pragmatism about knowledge enable one to think of her poststructuralist feminism as mapping out pragmatic cognitive strategies and visions for doing philosophy. This article starts a conversation between two philosophers whom the literature has yet to fully introduce to each other.

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