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Wiki Education assignment: Communication Theory[edit]
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 22 August 2023 and 7 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): KylieRumsey23 (article contribs).
I ask Kbr023 to engage here rather than attempting to edit war their preferred content back into the article. In my edit summary when reverting, I said "Rm good-faith edit. This does not appear to be WP:DUE for inclusion (at least not at this length) or encyclopedic WP:TONE." Please take a look at those policy links if you haven't already and let's discuss here. Generalrelative (talk) 05:43, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The article is talking about two separate theories that just happen to use the same terminology. Frankfurt School's "Critical Theory" and the sociological "critical theories" informed by French philosophy are separate. They should be split into two articles, because right now the article feels schizophrenic talking about two topics at the same time. Harizotoh9 (talk) 07:05, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
>A critical theory is any approach to humanities and social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to attempt to reveal, critique, and challenge power structures. With roots in sociology and literary criticism, it argues that social problems stem more from social structures and cultural assumptions rather than from individuals.[citation needed] Some hold it to be an ideology, others argue that ideology is the principal obstacle to human liberation. Critical theory finds applications in various fields of study, including psychoanalysis, film theory, literary theory, cultural studies, history, communication theory, philosophy, and feminist theory.
How would a theory of social philosophy attempt to use literary criticism to reveal power structures? It reads like word salad.
>Some hold it to be an ideology, others argue that ideology is the principal obstacle to human liberation.
That would be the influence going the other way, right? Anyhow, this intro paragraph is very unclear. Snailfacts (talk) 02:49, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]