Critical theory’s concepts aim to terminate in actual social transformation

Evidence

Social theory is concerned with the historical alternatives which haunt the established society as subversive tendencies and forces. The values attached to the alternatives do become facts when they are translated into reality by historical practice. The theoretical concepts terminate with social change. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 89

Categorization

• XREF: The claim that values become facts through historical practice parallels Marx’s eleventh thesis on Feuerbach and anticipates debates in contemporary critical theory about theory-practice. — connects to: Critical theory has an inner political dynamic demanding concrete positions — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2671; The proletariat’s integration forced critical theory into transcendent critique — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 190

Broader Connections

• Critical theory has an inner political dynamic demanding concrete positions #corroborates (0.82) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2671
• The proletariat’s integration forced critical theory into transcendent critique #qualifies (0.75) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 190