Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
Application of Critical Theory within the complex fabric of American society presents a dual narrative—a tool for highlighting disparities while worse; also holding the potential to deepen societal rifts.
Critical Theory is an ideology and concept that has garnered significant traction in recent years and now demands our attention.
Critical Thinking and International Relations Theory After the Colonial era, the fall of the Soviet Union, and the First Gulf War, many analysts proclaimed the world was getting safer and humanity was changing for the better. Francis Fukuyama argued this point. Samuel Huntington took a different perspective and argued a clash of civilizations would keep …
This piece looks at the various “critical” theories. The theory making the biggest splash lately is Critical Race Theory, but it is descended from a group of theories. There is also a Critical Pedagogy/Education Theory that shows how education fits into this systemic approach to question change western society. The “critical” in these theories are not the same as the “critical” in critical thinking.
Reconstructing History, Part 2: The Maskirovka of History Traditional wisdom is the state has a monopoly the power to enact laws and compel their enforcement. As the Commander of CJTF-180 in Afghanistan once told me, “that briefs well, but can you do it?” Over the relevant range of western civilization since the Treaty of …