Macalester College
Critical Theory

Saint Paul, USA

DEGREE TYPE

Course

DURATION

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

Key Summary

About: This postgraduate programme in Critical Theory focuses on the exploration and analysis of social, cultural, and political issues through various critical lenses. The curriculum is designed to challenge prevailing ideologies and promote interdisciplinary perspectives, equipping students with essential analytical skills and theoretical knowledge.

Career Outcomes: Graduates of this programme can pursue careers in academia, research, cultural institutions, and policy-making. Potential roles include university lecturer, research analyst, cultural critic, and positions within non-profits or governmental organizations.

Critical theory is a tool with which to study anything. Investigate topics as diverse as “what is being?”—“how does racism work?”— or “why do people rush to buy all available toilet paper even when they know the rumors of shortage are fake?”

Critical theory is neither philosophy, nor political science, nor sociology, nor any other discipline, but a way of seeing all of these things as parts of an invisible whole. The concentration brings together continental philosophers and other thinkers, including Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Antonio Gramsci, Jean-Paul Sartre, Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault, Angela Davis, Judith Butler, and Slavoj Žižek.

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