A critic of a central domain must stand outside its defining structures

Evidence

Which is to say that when critiquing a domain, especially a central domain, the critic must consciously stand outside the paradigmatic structures defining that domain. — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 322

Categorization

• APHORISMS: Timeless methodological advice for anyone whose work critiques dominant systems — a test of whether one’s own critique is implicated in its object.
• XREF: connects to: Only outcasts outside the system can mount uncooptable opposition — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 886; A critique of essentialism must remain internal to essentialism. — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader: Selected Works of…, 55; Critical explanation cannot stand outside the structure it criticizes — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader: Selected Works of…, 323 (+1 more)