The application of Critical Theory to scientific knowledge itself—examining how it's produced, validated, and circulated, and how power operates in each of these processes. Critical Theory of Scientific Knowledge asks: Who gets to produce scientific knowledge? Whose knowledge counts? How are scientific facts established, and what interests shape that process? Drawing on science studies, feminist epistemology, and postcolonial theory, it insists that scientific knowledge is never just knowledge—it's also power. Understanding science requires understanding the politics of knowing.
"Scientific knowledge is objective, they say. Critical Theory of Scientific Knowledge asks: objective by whose standards? Produced in what context? Funded by whom? Scientific knowledge is produced by humans in societies with power relations. That doesn't make it false; it makes it human. Critical theory insists on asking: whose knowledge is this, and who does it serve?"
by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 4, 2026
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