Iâll post a more thorough engagement of this post later, and thanks again for breaking it into chunks. But I have a repeated question of the authorsâcan you please define what a âdeep critiqueâ is? How does it differ at all from a normal critique?[1]
I think youâve used that term in all the Doing EA Betterposts, along with other comments. But I couldnât find where the term was defined at all, and the examples given seem not to actually point me towards an understanding. After a bit of (admittedly very brief) Google-Fu, the best reference I could find was the title of Chapter 7 in this bookâbut on the two pages there you can view for free the term also isnât defined!
If this is just a linguistic/âdefinitional term then fine, but I think youâre trying to point out something more. Iâd definitely appreciate the authors helping me clear up my understanding a bit more so that I can engage with DEAB more productively :)
My vague impression seems to be that itâs a critique that contradicts the fundamentals of a belief-system. In which case fine, but in that case any organisation accepting a deep critique would end up undermining itself. It would be like the Catholic Church accepting âJesus was not the divine and he is not the son of God, plus weâre not that confident in this God business anyway...â or is that me being uncharitable?
Iâll post a more thorough engagement of this post later, and thanks again for breaking it into chunks. But I have a repeated question of the authorsâcan you please define what a âdeep critiqueâ is? How does it differ at all from a normal critique?[1]
I think youâve used that term in all the Doing EA Better posts, along with other comments. But I couldnât find where the term was defined at all, and the examples given seem not to actually point me towards an understanding. After a bit of (admittedly very brief) Google-Fu, the best reference I could find was the title of Chapter 7 in this bookâbut on the two pages there you can view for free the term also isnât defined!
If this is just a linguistic/âdefinitional term then fine, but I think youâre trying to point out something more. Iâd definitely appreciate the authors helping me clear up my understanding a bit more so that I can engage with DEAB more productively :)
My vague impression seems to be that itâs a critique that contradicts the fundamentals of a belief-system. In which case fine, but in that case any organisation accepting a deep critique would end up undermining itself. It would be like the Catholic Church accepting âJesus was not the divine and he is not the son of God, plus weâre not that confident in this God business anyway...â or is that me being uncharitable?
Hi JWS,
The term is explored in an upcoming section, here.