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The sociology of critique is concerned with the analysis of critique as a social phenomenon. Critique here does not mean criticism in the sense of judgement, whether aesthetic or otherwise. Rather, critique refers to socially embedded acts such as questioning taken for granted beliefs, exposing power or domination or subverting or transgressing social norms. Sometimes critique is explicit, particularly in theory or politics, sometimes it is implicit, for instance in literary allegory or parody.


 * Luc Boltanski
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Luc Boltanski
Luc Boltanski

The sociology of critique emerges first in the work of Luc Boltanski, but has a changing meaning even within his work. The first conception of critique emerges in 'On Grandeur' written with Laurent Thévenot, situates critique as an attempt to measure institutions according to 'criteria of worth'.

Boltanski's recent 'On Critique' attempts to reconcile the sociology of critique with Bourdieu's sociology of critique