Critique Network - Journal for Critical Theory of Society

Criticism network
First edition	2005
Frequency of publication	ongoing
editor	Heinz Gess
Web link	www.kritiknetz.de
ISSN	1866-4105

The Critique Network - Journal for Critical Theory of Society is an online publication for social science contributions in the sense of a critical social theory. The main topics include critical theory , anti-Semitism , Islamism and right-wing extremism as well as university policy .

Political orientation

The Critique Network sees itself as a continuation of the critical theory of the 1930s ( Horkheimer , Adorno , Herbert Marcuse , Benjamin , Löwenthal et al.) And thus as a counterweight to both positivist social science and a discourse of postmodernism in which the socially critical approach is resolved by unspecific contradictions becomes. In this multi-layered problem area, the Critique Network collects contributions on all classic sub-areas of critical theory.

Content

The Critique Network brings together articles on all classic areas of critical theory of society. It combines theoretical and practical essays (Part I: Scientific Discussions; Part II: Political Interventions ) with reviews and guest articles from other journals (e.g. also with reprints of articles from the Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung ).

Part 1: Scientific Discussions anti-Semitism Criticism of ideology and religion Critique of Political Economy Critical theory Culture, literature, music Fascism , ethnic thinking, new rights Social work and policy sociology

Part 2: Political Interventions Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism University and Education Policy Middle East debate Neo-fascism and racism Criticism of religion Social work and policy

Publication modalities

The network of criticisms is continuously updated, with around 50 new articles appearing every year. An average of four times a year the subscribers are informed about new releases via a newsletter.

Advisory Board

The editor is Heinz Gess , retired sociology professor at the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences .

Advisory board members (as of September 2019):

Eske Bockelmann Hans-Peter Büttner

Helmut Dahmer Norbert Rath

Harry Waibel Hendrik Wallat

Authors

Authors who write in the Critique Network are, apart from the editor, academics from all social and cultural sciences.

List of authors (selection):

Heinz Gess Gerhard Stapelfeldt Richard Albrecht Detlev Claussen Dirk Lehmann

Norbert Rath Helmut Dahmer Harry Waibel Bernd Ternes Ottmar Mareis

Stefan Zenklusen Andreas surrounding area Klaus-Jürgen brother Michael Wolf Eske Bockelmann

reception

The criticism network aims to stimulate both academic and public debates on issues such as anti-Semitism , religion and fascism from the perspective of critical theory . Since it was founded in 2005, over 500 articles have been published, which together have been accessed over a million times.

Scientific reception

Consideration in scientific collections

The criticism network is u. a. listed in the following scientific collections:

• German National Library (long-term archiving guaranteed)
• Electronic journal library
• Science Center Berlin for Social Research (WZB)
• Leipzig University Library
• Political Psychology Working Group
• Philosophical seminar at the University of Tübingen

Consideration in science-related collections

The criticism network is u. a. listed in the following scientific, political collections:

• Electronic journal of the New Left
• Hamburg Study Library
• Socialist Forum Initiative
• Rote Ruhr Uni

Public reception

The following list is a selection of public debates triggered by the criticism network .

Discussion about synagogue construction in Bielefeld

In the course of the conversion of a Protestant church building that is no longer needed into the Beit Tikwa synagogue (Bielefeld) , Christian parishioners took part in a protest and occupied the building in 2007. The criticism network raised the allegation of anti-Judaist resentment and was in turn criticized for it.

Debate on Werner Haverbeck's National Socialist past

In an article in the criticism network in 2008, reference was made to the National Socialist past of the university lecturer Werner Haverbeck . The Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences was criticized in the article for the fact that Haverbeck was allowed to teach at the University of Applied Sciences in the 1970s despite his past. The accusation received a lot of attention in the national press and led to unsuccessful disciplinary proceedings by the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences against the publisher of the criticism network .

Confrontation with the Islamic religious community

Based on an article critical of Islam in the Critique Network from 2010, which referred to the Freudian concept of religion as a "collective obsessional neurosis" in relation to Islam , the President of the Islamic Religious Community in Berlin , Abdurrahim Vural, called in a press release for the publisher to be punished of the criticism network .

Web links

• official website
• Heinz Gess (2005): Critical Theory - What is it? In: Critique Network - Journal for Critical Theory of Society.
• Heinz Gess (2005): Postmodern New Age and the Critical Theory of Society. In: Critique Network - Journal for Critical Theory of Society.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dirk Lehmann: What is critical theory? An invitation , in: Critique Network - Journal for Critical Theory of Society (2011).
2. ↑ Heinz Gess: Critical Theory - What is it? in: Critique Network - Journal for Critical Theory of Society (2005).
3. ↑ Editorial ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from www.kritiknetz.de ( accessed on January 31, 2015). 
4. ↑ Heinz Gess: Holy War in Bielefeld - Critique of a Protest Action and its Ideology , Criticism Network - Journal for Critical Theory of Society from May 1, 2007 (accessed October 27, 2015).
5. ↑ Andreas Disselnkötter: Antisemitism of the act. on the church dispute in Bielefeld , Critique Network - Journal for Critical Theory of Society from January 5, 2008 (accessed October 27, 2015).
6. ↑ Peter Kleinert: Professor should be disciplined , Neue Rheinische Zeitung of August 27, 2008 (accessed on January 31, 2015).
7. ↑ Günter Bartsch: Rector muzzles , Der Tagesspiegel from August 6, 2008 (accessed January 31, 2015).
8. ^ FH disputes about neo-Nazi , Die Tageszeitung from August 5, 2008 (accessed on January 31, 2015).
9. ↑ Jana Brenner: Shut up, Mr. Lecturer! Termination, disciplinary proceedings - critical lecturers have nothing to laugh about, as two cases in Bielefeld and Berlin show. , Jungle World, October 23, 2008 (accessed January 31, 2015).
10. ↑ A Bielefeld professor shouldn't speak because he is telling the truth , in Die Zeit , 34/2008 (accessed on January 31, 2015).
11. ↑ Hubertus Gärtner: Islam criticism busy investigators , Mindener Tageblatt , January 21, 2010 (accessed on January 31, 2015).
12. ^ Critics of Islam threatened - Solidarity with Heinz Gess! ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. EuropeNews , January 20, 2010 ( accessed January 31, 2015).