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Eric Heinze on Critical Theory and the Left’s Blind Spots
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Mike talks with Eric Heinze, professor at Queen Mary University of London and author of Coming Clean: The Rise of Critical Theory and the Future of the Left.
Topics Mike and Eric discuss include:
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why critical theory resists a single definition
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the Radical Critique of Western Liberal Democracythe left’s greatest legacy: redefining history as collective self-scrutiny
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the left’s big blind spot
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prospects for change
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