Critical theory

Which theory criticizes positivism, sociology, modern society, and culture for their respective shortcomings?

• Structuralism

• Critical theory

• Complexity theory

• Chaos theory

Who are some of the main representatives of the Frankfurt School Critical Theory?

• Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes, Pierre Bourdieu

• Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Maurice Merleau-Ponty

• Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Herbert Marcuse

• Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky

What did Walter Benjamin criticize in his analysis of mass culture?

• The economic determinism of Marxism

• The power of manipulation of mass media

• The repressive purpose of culture

• The lack of reasonableness in modern society

According to Jürgen Habermas, what is the main problem for the loss of personality or identity?

• The alienation of workers

• The lack of rationalization in society

• The passivity of positivism

• The distortion of communication

What kind of society does Habermas envision as ideal?

• A society with domination-free communication

• A society with mass culture and capitalism

• A society with quantitative over qualitative

• A society with instrumental reason

What are the three kinds of relationship with the world as a process of communicative action according to Habermas?

• World goal, Social world, Personal world

• World goal, Social world, Subjective world

• Social world, Cultural world, Subjective world

• World goal, Personal world, Subjective world

What does chaos and complexity theory suggest about controlling certain types of systems?

• It depends on the level of predictability

• It is never possible to control them

• It requires a small change at the beginning of the system

• It is always possible to control them

What does critical theory criticize in modern society?

• The repressive purpose of culture

• The distortion of communication

• The passivity of positivism

• The lack of reasonableness

What is the main focus of functionalism in studying different cultures?

• Studies of positivism and scientism

• Studies of mass culture

• Studies of economic determinism

• Studies of language, stories, and myths

What did the Frankfurt School Critical Theory criticize about historical materialism?

• Its passivity

• Its economic determinism

• Its lack of reasonableness

• Its focus on culture