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What uses do people normally have for something termed "critical theory"?
Rent seeking, signaling(mostly to pretty specific groups), fun.
Pretty much. I have always tried to keep in mind that the actual justification of criticism is turn people onto good stuff and warn them off bad stuff.
It can also be justified by helping people who liked or didn't like something understand why, so they can seek or avoid those qualities in other works.
Oh yeah, turning noise into music. I think that's covered, though.
In my case, being a rock critic. (The money is much better in IT.) But really that I'm interested in art criticism for its own sake and read it for entertainment even when I know little or nothing about the art in question.