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Chad Kautzer, "Critical Methodology," Chapter One of Kautzer, Radical Philosophy: An Introduction (Routledge, 2015)

This is Chapter One of Chad Kautzer, Radical Philosophy: An Introduction (Routledge, 2015). Methods discussed: Hermeneutics & Standpoint, Phenomenology, Dialectics, and Materialism. About the book: "In this concise introduction, Chad Kautzer demonstrates the shared emancipatory goals and methods of several radical philosophies, from Marxism and feminism to critical race and queer theory. Radical Philosophy examines the relations of theory and practice, knowledge and power, as well as the function of law in creating extralegal forms of domination. Through a critical engagement with the history of philosophy, Kautzer reconstructs important counter-traditions of historical, dialectical, and reflexive forms of critique relevant to contemporary social struggles. The result is an innovative, systematic guide to radical theory and critical resistance."

Chad Kautzer, "Introduction" and Front Matter from Kautzer, Radical Philosophy: An Introduction (Routledge, 2015)

This is the Introduction to Chad Kautzer, Radical Philosophy: An Introduction (Routledge, 2015). About the book: "In this concise introduction, Chad Kautzer demonstrates the shared emancipatory goals and methods of several radical philosophies, from Marxism and feminism to critical race and queer theory. Radical Philosophy examines the relations of theory and practice, knowledge and power, as well as the function of law in creating extralegal forms of domination. Through a critical engagement with the history of philosophy, Kautzer reconstructs important counter-traditions of historical, dialectical, and reflexive forms of critique relevant to contemporary social struggles. The result is an innovative, systematic guide to radical theory and critical resistance."

1 The Radical Subject and Its Critical Theory: An Introduction -Ana edited book_women_2016.pdf

Dinerstein argues that a new radical subject that is unrecognisable with old analytical tools is in the making. This radical subject is plural, prefigurative, decolonial, ethical, ecological, communal and democratic. A critical theory should demonstrate those qualities, too. She reflects on the shortcomings of theory in understanding these changes by arguing against the resistance of social scientists, most of them critical theorists, to learn about this radical subject and to interrogate concepts, methodologies and epistemolo- gies used to grasp radical change. Unlike both a social science obsessed with facticity and policy, and a critical theory obsessed with negative praxis, the new radical theory explored in this book seeks to critique capital-coloniality by means of the affirmation of life. Affirmation is not positive thinking or affirmationism. It is a form of theorising that, driven by ‘hope’, ventures beyond the given offering epistemological, theoretical and empirical openings that reflect a prefigurative and ‘experiential critique’ that is already taking place at the grass roots. The chapter also presents the work of the contributors to the book and the process of theorising without parachutes. Keywords: Radical subject 􏰀 Critical theory 􏰀 Possibility 􏰀 Affirmation 􏰀 Experiential critique 􏰀 Venturing beyond 􏰀 Hope 􏰀 Theorising

Radical Philosophy: An Introduction by Chad Kautzer (review)

The Pluralist, 2016

I remain an agnostic on psychoanalysis, more comfortable with psychology and neuroscience as complements to Ecstatic Naturalism, for example, the work of Wesley Wildman in Religious and Spiritual Experiences (2014) and, coming out of Positive and Quantitative Psychology, the work of Lisa Miller, editor of The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality (2013). But in Nature’s Sublime, Corrington has crafted ordinal metaphysics, phenomenology, and psychoanalysis with aesthetics into a four-legged stool— remove one leg, and it may wobble but may still support an inquiry into the possibilities of grace in our time. His closing lines evoke that hope:

Keywords in radical philosophy and education: Common concepts for contemporary movements

Brill, 2019

While education is an inherently political field and practice, and while the political struggles that radical philosophy takes up necessarily involve education, there remains much to be done at the intersection of education and radical philosophy. That so many intense political struggles today actually center educational processes and institutions makes this gap all the more pressing. Yet in order for this work to be done, we need to begin to establish common frameworks and languages in and with which to move. Keywords in Radical Philosophy and Education takes up this crucial and urgent task. Dozens of emerging and leading activists, organizers, and scholars assemble a collective body of concepts to interrogate, provoke, and mobilize contemporary political, economic, and social struggles. This wide-ranging edited collection covers key and innovative philosophical and educational themes—from animals, sex, wind, and praxis, to studying, podcasting, debt, and students. This field-defining work is a necessary resource for all activists and academics interested in exploring the latest conceptual contributions growing out of the intersection of social struggles and the university.