Critical Human Sciences

A broad framework applying critical theory to all disciplines studying human life—psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, linguistics, and more. Critical Human Sciences examine how these disciplines have been shaped by power, how they've sometimes served domination, and how they might serve liberation. They insist that studying humans requires understanding the social context of the study itself—that the observer is part of the observed, that knowledge is never neutral, and that the human sciences must be self-aware or risk becoming tools of control rather than understanding.

"Psychology was used to pathologize resistance; anthropology was used to justify colonialism. Critical Human Sciences asks: how can disciplines that have served power now serve freedom? Not by pretending the past didn't happen, but by learning from it. The human sciences study humans; critical human sciences study humans studying humans. Reflexivity is the price of honesty."

by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026

Marxist Social Sciences

An umbrella term for social science approaches grounded in Marxist theory—analyzing society through the lens of class, mode of production, historical materialism, and critique of capitalism. Marxist Social Sciences include Marxist sociology, Marxist economics, Marxist political science, Marxist history, and others—all united by the commitment to understanding society as shaped by material conditions, class struggle, and the dynamics of capitalism. They don't just describe society; they analyze its contradictions, its injustices, and its possibilities for transformation. Marxist Social Sciences are both analytical and political—understanding the world to change it.

"Mainstream economics assumes capitalism is natural; Marxist economics asks how capitalism works, who benefits, and what alternatives exist. That's Marxist Social Sciences: not just describing, but critiquing. Not just understanding, but transforming. Social science without critique is just documentation; critique without social science is just opinion. Marxism insists on both."

by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026

Marxist Human Sciences

A broad framework applying Marxist analysis to all disciplines studying human life—history, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and more. Marxist Human Sciences examine how modes of production shape human consciousness, how class relations structure human experience, and how human liberation requires transforming both society and self. They draw on Marx's early writings on alienation, his later critiques of political economy, and subsequent Marxist traditions in philosophy, psychology, and cultural theory. Marxist Human Sciences insist that understanding humans requires understanding the societies that make us, and that changing those societies is part of becoming fully human.

"Capitalism makes us see ourselves as isolated individuals competing for scarce resources. Marxist Human Sciences ask: is that human nature, or capitalism's nature? Could we be different in a different society? The human sciences study humans; Marxist human sciences study how humans are made and remade by history. Not just describing what we are, but asking what we could become."

by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026

Left-wing Social Sciences

An umbrella term for social science approaches informed by left-wing politics—analyzing society through lenses of class, race, gender, and power, with commitment to equality and justice. Left-wing Social Sciences include left sociology, left economics, left political science, and others—all examining how social structures produce inequality and how change might be possible. They don't pretend to be value-neutral; they acknowledge that all social science has political implications, and they choose sides with the oppressed. Left-wing Social Sciences are both rigorous and committed—understanding the world to change it.

"Mainstream economics assumes markets are efficient. Left-wing economics asks: efficient for whom? At what cost? Who's excluded? Left-wing social sciences don't pretend neutrality; they take sides—with evidence, with analysis, with justice. Not ideology pretending to be science, but science that knows it's always political and chooses which politics to serve."

by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026

Left-wing Human Sciences

A broad framework applying left-wing values to all disciplines studying human life—history, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and more. Left-wing Human Sciences examine how human experience is shaped by power, inequality, and social structure, and how knowledge can serve liberation. They draw on Marxist, feminist, anti-racist, and other critical traditions to analyze both human reality and the disciplines that study it. Left-wing Human Sciences are self-aware about their own political commitments, rigorous in their analysis, and committed to human flourishing.

"Psychology can pathologize resistance or it can understand it. History can celebrate power or it can tell stories from below. Left-wing human sciences choose—to study with the oppressed, to analyze with liberation in mind, to produce knowledge that serves freedom. Not propaganda, but scholarship that knows it's always political and chooses its politics wisely."

by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026

Critical Theory of Sciences

The application of Critical Theory to the plurality of sciences—examining how different sciences are shaped by different power structures, how disciplinary boundaries reflect social hierarchies, and how the sciences together form a system that can both illuminate and obscure. Critical Theory of Sciences asks: Why are some sciences prestigious and others marginal? How do disciplines police their borders? What knowledge is excluded when sciences define themselves? It studies the politics of disciplinarity, the economics of research, and the social construction of scientific authority across fields. Not one science, but many—each with its own politics.

"Physics at the top, sociology at the bottom—that's not just about rigor. Critical Theory of Sciences asks: what power structures create that hierarchy? Who benefits? What knowledge gets excluded when we rank sciences? The sciences are many, and their arrangement reflects society's values, not just nature's. Critical theory maps the politics of the whole scientific field."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 4, 2026

Critical Theory of Social Sciences

The application of Critical Theory to the social sciences—examining how disciplines like sociology, political science, and economics are shaped by power, how they can serve domination or liberation, and how they might be transformed. Critical Theory of Social Sciences asks: How have social sciences justified inequality? How have they been complicit in colonialism, racism, sexism? How might they serve struggles for justice? Drawing on Marx, Foucault, feminist theory, and critical race theory, it insists that social science is never neutral—it's always political. The question is which politics it serves.

"Economics says markets are efficient. Critical Theory of Social Sciences asks: efficient for whom? At what cost? Markets produce winners and losers—economics that ignores that is ideology. Social science can describe or it can critique. Critical theory chooses critique—not for its own sake, but for justice."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 4, 2026