The Laboratory for Social Critique of the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory gathers researchers with different disciplinary backgrounds and theoretical orientations who explore the phenomenon of social critique and practice it. Relying on the traditions of engaged thought from antiquity to the present day, members of the Laboratory aim to map out competing models of social critique and examine their soundness and scope, their significance and effectiveness. In their investigations, the Lab’s researchers examine the global and regional theoretical exemplars of social critique which define the current public spaces, and aim to formulate advanced modalities of critique in terms of both theoretical contents and extra-theoretical consequences.

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Laboratorija za društvenu kritiku okuplja istraživačice i istraživače različitih disciplinarnih zaleđa i teorijskih orijentacija koji izučavaju društvenu kritiku i praktikuju je. Oslonjeni na tradicije angažovane misli od antike do danas, članovi Laboratorije nastoje da izlože konkurentske modele kritike društva, te ispitaju njihovu zasnovanost i domet, značaj, uticaj i učinak. U svojim istraživanjima članovi Laboratorije analiziraju svetske i domaće egzemplare društvene kritike koji obeležavaju današnji javni prostor, međusobno suočavaju njihove doprinose i nastoje da formulišu unapređene modalitete kritike društva, kako u pogledu utemeljenosti argumentacije tako i u pogledu izvanteorijskih posledica.

  • Publishing research dedicated to the analysis and practice of social critique, with a special focus on the preparation of the Handbook of Social Critique. This publication should encompass the most important currents in philosophy and social theory which assign a central role to critique, such as critical theory, critical realism, critical sociology or pragmatic sociology of critique.
  • In cooperation with the GINEDIS research group of the Complutense University in Madrid, members of the Laboratory are preparing a special issue of the journal Philsophy & Society on trust, institutions and democracy – the papers are based on presentations held during the two-day workshop “Trust, Recognition, Democracy”, held at the IFDT on 16. and 17. 11. 2021.
  • The Lab is organizing regular reading groups and workshops for the academic and broader public dedicated to key texts that present the different currents of conceptualizing and practicing critique.
  • Ongoing work on the realization of the research project about hybrid regimes titled “Hybrid Regimes Going Global & Viral: ‘Hybridity’ as Complex Social Domination and Resistance Strategies”, within the Open Society University Network (OSUN).
  • Research on the conceptual and empirical interimbrication of critique and engagement, another concept that deepens our understanding of the relationship between theoretical reflection on social reality and different practical attempts to modify it.