Critique, Norm, and Utopia
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"Critique, Norm, and Utopia" is a major philosophical work by Seyla Benhabib that examines critical theory, normative foundations of democracy, and the role of utopian thinking in social and political life.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Critique, Norm, and Utopia Context triple: [Seyla Benhabib, notableWork, Critique, Norm, and Utopia]
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A New Critique of Theoretical Thought
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought is a major philosophical work by Dutch philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd that presents his reformational critique of Western theoretical thought and develops his influential modal theory of reality.
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Convention: A Philosophical Study
Convention: A Philosophical Study is a landmark 1969 book by philosopher David Lewis that develops a formal account of social conventions using tools from game theory and modal logic.
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Critical Theory, Marxism, and Modernity
"Critical Theory, Marxism, and Modernity" is a scholarly work by Douglas Kellner that examines the development and relevance of Marxist and critical theory traditions in analyzing the structures and crises of modern and contemporary society.
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The Decline of Utopian Ideas in the West
"The Decline of Utopian Ideas in the West" is an essay by Isaiah Berlin that examines how Western faith in grand, perfectible social schemes eroded in light of historical experience, pluralism, and the dangers of ideological absolutism.
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Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a seminal 1974 work of political philosophy that defends a minimal libertarian state and critiques theories of distributive justice such as Rawls’s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Critique, Norm, and Utopia Target entity description: "Critique, Norm, and Utopia" is a major philosophical work by Seyla Benhabib that examines critical theory, normative foundations of democracy, and the role of utopian thinking in social and political life.
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A.
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought is a major philosophical work by Dutch philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd that presents his reformational critique of Western theoretical thought and develops his influential modal theory of reality.
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B.
Convention: A Philosophical Study
Convention: A Philosophical Study is a landmark 1969 book by philosopher David Lewis that develops a formal account of social conventions using tools from game theory and modal logic.
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C.
Critical Theory, Marxism, and Modernity
"Critical Theory, Marxism, and Modernity" is a scholarly work by Douglas Kellner that examines the development and relevance of Marxist and critical theory traditions in analyzing the structures and crises of modern and contemporary society.
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D.
The Decline of Utopian Ideas in the West
"The Decline of Utopian Ideas in the West" is an essay by Isaiah Berlin that examines how Western faith in grand, perfectible social schemes eroded in light of historical experience, pluralism, and the dangers of ideological absolutism.
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E.
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a seminal 1974 work of political philosophy that defends a minimal libertarian state and critiques theories of distributive justice such as Rawls’s.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
legitimation of democratic institutions
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possibility of rational social criticism ⓘ public sphere and democratic deliberation ⓘ relationship between facticity and validity in politics ⓘ role of ideals in political practice ⓘ tension between realism and utopianism ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
defend the possibility of rational democratic will-formation
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ground critical theory in robust normative principles ⓘ reconcile critique with utopian aspirations ⓘ |
| author | Seyla Benhabib ⓘ |
| critiques |
Jürgen Habermas
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Karl Marx ⓘ Max Horkheimer ⓘ Theodor W. Adorno ⓘ positivism in social theory ⓘ traditional Marxism ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
discourse ethics
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normative foundations of democracy ⓘ practical reason ⓘ reconstruction of critical theory ⓘ role of utopia in social and political life ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
feminist critique of critical theory
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normative reconstruction of democracy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American pragmatism
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Frankfurt School ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Jürgen Habermas ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Frankfurt School
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critical theory ⓘ democratic theory ⓘ normative political theory ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ social theory ⓘ utopian thinking ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
ethics
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social and political philosophy ⓘ social theory ⓘ |
| proposes |
democratic, participatory model of politics
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link between critique and utopia ⓘ reconstruction of critical theory on normative grounds ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
Frankfurt School critical theory
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discourse ethics ⓘ neo-Kantianism ⓘ pragmatism ⓘ |
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