The application of Critical Theory to all disciplines studying human life—psychology, anthropology,
history, linguistics, and more—examining how they've been shaped by power, how they've served domination, and how they might serve liberation. Critical Theory of
Human Sciences asks: How have these disciplines constructed "the
human" in ways that exclude? How have they pathologized resistance, exoticized difference, erased alternatives? It doesn't reject the
human sciences but insists they must be self-aware, reflexive, and accountable. Studying humans requires understanding the politics of studying humans.
"Psychology pathologized homosexuality; anthropology exoticized 'primitive' cultures. Critical Theory of
Human Sciences asks: what other violences hide in our disciplines? The
human sciences study humans, but they're also
human—flawed, political, complicit. Critical theory demands they remember that, reflect on it, and do better."
