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Critical Theory

Critical Theory is a school of thought that analyzes how power relations and ideology shape the production and interpretation of meaning in texts and cultural practices, with the explicit purpose of critiquing and transforming oppressive social structures.

15.3K

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17.6K

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15.3K

The Condition of Postmodernity

Cole Harris, David Harvey · Economic Geography · 1991 · 8.7K citations

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Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth

Tara J. Yosso · Race Ethnicity and Education · 2005 · 7.3K citations

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Critical race theory: an introduction

Choice Reviews Online · 2013 · 6.1K citations · Full text

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Powers of freedom: reframing political thought

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 5.7K citations

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Why Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern

Bruno Latour · Critical Inquiry · 2004 · 5.4K citations

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Authors

17.6K

  1. MZ
    Michalinos Zembylas

    Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus

    58 publications · 3.5K citations

    32

    h-index

  2. HA
    Henry A. Giroux

    McMaster University, Canada

    34 publications · 5.8K citations

    25

    h-index

  3. PM
    Peter McLaren

    Chapman University, United States

    33 publications · 2.1K citations

    23

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  4. MW
    Michael W. Apple

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    22 publications · 1.3K citations

    20

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  5. NF
    Norman Fairclough

    Lancaster University, United Kingdom

    20 publications · 5.9K citations

    19

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Institutions

3.1K

  1. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    52 h-index

    122 publications

    12.7K citations

  2. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    46 h-index

    120 publications

    20.3K citations

  3. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    43 h-index

    129 publications

    7.5K citations

  4. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    42 h-index

    130 publications

    9.5K citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    41 h-index

    160 publications

    17.5K citations

  6. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    40 h-index

    86 publications

    7.5K citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    40 h-index

    88 publications

    8.7K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    39 h-index

    95 publications

    8.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 423 publications · 89.1K citations

    117

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  2. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    121 publications · 14.4K citations

    61

    h-index

  3. Race Ethnicity and Education

    121 publications · 20.8K citations

    55

    h-index

  4. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

    QSE · 120 publications · 12.6K citations

    45

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  5. Qualitative Inquiry

    QI · 102 publications · 15.4K citations

    44

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