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Immanent critique is the philosophical or sociological method of analysis towards cultural forms by locating contradictions in the rules and systems necessary to the production of those forms. Contrasted with "transcendental" Kantian critical philosophy, this method aims to contextualize not only the object of its investigation, but also the ideological basis of that object; both the object and the category to which it belongs are shown to be products of a historical process. Immanent critique has its roots in the dialectic of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and the criticisms by Karl Marx. Today it is strongly associated with the critical theorists such as Theodor Adorno. Roy Bhaskar has advocated it as one of the key methodological elements of critical realism.〔Bhaskar, R. (2008) (), ''A Realist Theory of Science'' (Routledge 'With a new introduction' edition), Abingdon: Routledge.〕 Immanent critique is a means of detecting the societal contradictions which offer the most determinate possibilities for emancipatory social change. It considers ideas’ role in shaping society, with focus on future emancipatory change. An immanent critique is a critique against the principles a value proposes. It highlights the inner contradictions between what something stands for and what is being done in actual terms. Immanent critique tries to find contradictions and indirectly provide alternatives, without constructing an entirely new theory. Quoting Marx, Robert J. Antonio writes in the ''British Journal of Sociology'', :"'Setting out from idealism ... I hit upon seeking the Idea in the real itself. If formerly the gods had dwelt above the world, they had now become its center.' Marx concluded that immanent principles were necessary weapons in the struggle for progressive social change, because they provide a basis for critique ''within'' historical reality. Later, this immanent grounding became the axis of his emancipatory critique of capitalism."〔"Immanent critique as the core of critical theory." ''British Journal of Sociology'' Vol. 32, No. 3, p. 333 (1981)〕 According to David L. Harvey, formerly of the University of Nevada, Reno, :"Critical theory at its most abstract and general level ... begins as a formal 'negativity.' As a dissenting motif, it selects some tradition, ideological premise, or institutionalized orthodoxy for analysis. As immanent critique, it then 'enters its object,' so to speak, 'boring from within.' Provisionally accepting the methodological presuppositions, substantive premises, and truth-claims of orthodoxy as its own, immanent critique tests the postulates of orthodoxy by the latter's own standards of proof and accuracy. Upon 'entering' the theory, orthodoxy's premises and assertions are registered and certain strategic contradictions located. These contradictions are then developed according to their own logic, and at some point in this process of internal expansion, the one-sided proclamations of orthodoxy collapse as material instances and their contradictions are allowed to develop 'naturally.'"〔''Sociological Perspectives: Vol 33, No. 1, "Critical Theory," p. 5 (1990)〕 ==See also== *Frankfurt School *Reflective disclosure *"World disclosing" arguments 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Immanent critique」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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