Critical Theory’s Colonialism Problem

The Philosophy Department invites you to attend the following lecture on Tuesday, November 14 at 4:30 p.m. in Schapiro Hall, Room 141:  Shivani Radhakrishnan, Gaius Charles Bolin Fellow in the Department, will present “Critical Theory’s Colonialism Problem.”

Shivani’s research explores how individuals and social subjects come into being, focusing on the conditions under which they flourish or on the other hand, fail. I approach these topics through the framework of normative critical theory. Building on Aristotle and Hegel, who articulate social conditions on self-actualization for individuals, my work integrates social philosophy, especially the Frankfurt school, feminist theory, and the philosophy of race. The underpinnings of my research are based in questions about the ways the agents and their subjectivity are formed in the social world-connecting issues of freedom, ideology, power, identity, and self-realization to psychic questions about the nature of self-consciousness and recognition.

All are welcome to attend!