%0 Journal Article
%T Against Alienation: The Emancipative Potential of Critical Pedagogy in Fromm
%A Rafael D. Pangilinan
%J Kritike : an Online Journal of Philosophy
%D 2009
%I kritike.org
%X Critical theory generally refers to a series of pathways for Marxist-inspired intellectual inquiry that first emerged with the end of the 18th century European Enlightenment and in particular with the initial widespread waning of intellectual confidence that the newly hegemonic bourgeois society would succeed in realizing Enlightenment ideals. In short, it represents the intellectual articulation of the conviction that modern capitalist society cannot¡ªat least not without significant reformation or substantial transformation¡ªrealize the Enlightenment ideal of an enlightened society. According to Enlightenment consensus, this (ideal) society is to be one which will genuinely embody the highest values of human civilization, and which will thereby insure steady progress in the attainment of liberty, justice, prosperity, and contentment for all of its citizens.
%K Critical Theory
%K Erich Fromm
%K Critical Pedagogy
%U http://www.kritike.org/journal/issue_6/pangilinan_december2009.pdf