"Better than Objectivity:" Critique as Method without the Fetishization of Measurement.

The article focuses on the role of critique as a method in the study of International Relations (IR), challenging the traditional emphasis on objectivity and measurement. It discusses how figures like sociologists W.E.B. Du Bois and Robin D.G. Kelley reject detached neutrality in favor of engaged critique, particularly in response to social and political injustices.