Theory is...
Systematization, abstract, detachment, general traits, big picture, extrinsic, reflection / contemplation
Criticism is...
close reading of a particular text, concrete, immersion, singular cases, small job, intrinsic, explication /evaluation
Method
the concrete steps undertaken and tools used in the activity of theory
Methodology
the whole set of these tools and steps and their organization
Human essence
concept of ‘subjectivity’
…marks a radical departure from this philosophical tradition of consciousness by giving a more central place to the unconscious and to cultural overdetermination than it does to consciousness.
The two main theorists responsible for this departure are Freud and Marx.
The Marxist Model
materialism vs. idealism
“It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.”
-> Sein bestimmt Bewusstsein