Toni M. Calasanti, Anna M. Zajicek.Reweaving a Critical Theory: The Socialist-Feminist Contributions. RM 6(4):87-103 "As initially developed by the Frankfurt school, critical theory is an integral component of Western social theory, especially its critique of domination. More recently, socialist feminist accounts of the interactions of class, gender, and race/ethnicity in public and private spheres suggest new interpretive frameworks for understanding domination. In discussing these two traditions, scholars either point to the utility of critical theory to feminism, or assert the advantage of feminism in relation to critical theory. A dialectical approach is taken here, suggesting the viability of both of these positions. Drawing on the historical and processual nature of critically oriented theorizing, examined are the continuities and discontinuities between the critical and feminist traditions. Highlighted is how one strand of feminist thought - socialist feminism - has built on and transformed some of the main ideas of Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, and Herbert Marcuse. 133 References. AA"