[FRA:] critical theory according to Stanford & Son

[Ralph Dumain]

The SEP entry is academic but biased.  The Wikipedia entry on 'critical 
theory' is not very good, but the entry on "Frankfurt School" is pretty decent:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_School

 From there you can link to other entries, e.g. individual theories, and 
check the quality of the entries.  The entry on Adorno was not bad, as I 
recall.

At 08:48 PM 2/13/2006 +0100, Alon Lischinsky wrote:
>On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 11:02:01AM -0500, Ralph Dumain wrote:
> > I find the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on critical theory
> > by James Bohman
> > a major disappointment, and really unpardonable for an encyclopedia 
> article:
>
>I am mostly of the same opinion. I have yet to see a decent 
>encyclopedia-length
>article on critical theory, though; the extensive and highly specific 
>background
>required to understand critical theory is likely to be one of the causes 
>of the
>difficulty in packaging it in a reduced, non-controversial form. I'm 
>afraid most
>attempts end up as decisionistic or inintelligible.
>
>Unlike the SEP, Wikipedia offers you a chance at correcting the problem.
>Somehow, I've never felt up to the task.