Critical theory – the study of the ways “oppression gets produced and reproduced within and across societies” – is the dominant method of inquiry in many areas of higher education, especially in the humanities and social sciences. Yet many scholars resist applying it honestly to the study of the Jewish people and Zionism. Were they to do so, argues Vanderbilt professor Shaul Kelner, they might find they had entirely misunderstood these categories and the place of Jews in the oppressor/oppressed dynamic.
On Tuesday, January 7, Professor Kelner joined SAPIR Associate Editor Felicia Herman to unpack his essay, “<a href="https://sapirjournal.org/university/2024/11/turning-critical-theory-on-its-head/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Turning Critical Theory on Its Head</a>,” and discuss whether and how this might be changed.

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