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Critique of Dialectical Reason

Okay kiddo, so some very smart people made something called "dialectical reasoning" which is a way of thinking where you look at a problem and try to understand it by seeing how different parts of it are connected.

But, some other smart people said that this way of thinking wasn't good enough because it didn't take into account the history and culture of the people and things involved in the problem. They called this new type of thinking the "critique of dialectical reason."

So, instead of just looking at how different parts of a problem are connected, this new type of thinking looks at how those connections have been shaped by past events and cultural influences. It also asks questions about power and how it affects the way people think about and approach the problem.

Overall, the critique of dialectical reason wants us to think more deeply about problems to make sure we're considering all of the important factors that might be influencing it.