Critical theory - TCr

Reference of the Group:

GIUV2016-326

 
Description of research activity:

Research on Critical Theory in social sciences and humanities. Research and translations are carried out on authors related to the Research Institute of the University of Frankfurt, home of the so-called Critical Theory in philosophy and sociology, such as: T. W. Adorno, W. Benjamin, J. Habermas, A. Honneth, S. Kracauer, etc., as well as its sources in the philosophy of Hegel and Marx. This research is applied to philosophical (aesthetics, philosophy of law, history of philosophy, theory of the arts) and sociological (sociological discourse analysis, discrimination, sociological theory) fields. The research group collaborates with the social science doctoral lines on social pathologies, pathologies of reason and social and sociological theory.

 
Web:

http://www.uv.es/critica

 
Scientific-technical goals:
  • Reactualizar y difundir la Teoria Critica y responder desde la fundamentacion historico-conceptual a problemas actuales.
 
Research lines:
  • Critical theory.Research in critical theory and the Frankfurt School.
  • Philosophical-historical and conceptual foundations of critique.Translation, publishing and biographical studies of intellectuals of the Frankfurt School and its predecessors.
  • Aesthetics and critique.Aesthetics, art and philosophical knowledge. Philosophy of art as a critique of society. The conception of the aesthetic in Critical Theory.
  • Social research and global critical thinking.Application and development of concepts and figures of critical thinking in social research. Global dialogue of critical theory.
 
Group members:
Name Nature of participation Entity Description
BENNO HERZOG DirectorUniversitat de València
Research team
MANUEL RAMOS VALERAMemberUniversitat de València
FRANCISCA VANESSA VIDAL MAYORMemberUniversitat de València
ANACLETO FERRER MASMemberUniversitat de València
CESAR ORTEGA ESQUEMBREMemberUniversitat de València
SABINE HEISS MemberUniversitat de València
SABINE HEISS MemberFlorida Centre de Formaciópre-tenured lecturer
JOAN GALLEGO MONZOMemberUniversitat de València
VICENTE SANCHEZ BIOSCACollaboratorUniversitat de València
LURDES VALLS CRESPOCollaboratorGeneralitat Valencianaprofessor
HASAN GERMAN LOPEZ SANZCollaboratorUniversitat de València
JULIO ANTONIO BONATTI SANTOSCollaboratorUniversitat de València - Estudi GeneralUVEG PhD student
ARTURO LANCE PORFILIOCollaboratorUniversitat de València
José Manuel Romero CuevasCollaboratorUniversidad de Alcalátenured university professor
JONATHAN JACOBO BAR SHUALICollaboratorUniversidad Complutense de MadridPhD student from other entities
CECILIA MARÍA CORONADO ANGULOCollaboratorUniversidad Panamericana de México (México)research professor
 
CNAE:
  • -
 
Associated structure:
  • Institute of Educational Creativity and Innovation (ICIE)
 
Keywords:
  • teoria crítica