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Critical theory, a Rare card
Critical theory is a social, historical, and political school of thought and philosophical perspective which centers on analyzing and challenging systemic power relations in society, arguing that knowledge, truth, and social structures are fundamentally shaped by power dynamics between dominant and oppressed groups.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 250,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Beyond just understanding and critiquing these dynamics, it explicitly aims to transform society through praxis and collective action with an explicit sociopolitical purpose.
- Critical theory's main tenets center on analyzing systemic power relations in society, focusing on the dynamics between groups with different levels of social, economic, and institutional power.
- Unlike traditional social theories that aim primarily to describe and understand society, critical theory explicitly seeks to critique and transform it.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Critical theory article was read about 250,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Critical theory (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Original: DarwinPeacock SVG-Conversation: Maklaan, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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