['< sod > smith is a well - known writer, most particularly for creating her 1988 work centered on [ [ critical theory ] ],\'\' contingencies of value : alternative perspectives for critical theory\'\'. in this work, she attempts to situate the various liberal, conservative, and other such views of " value values " within her " metametatheory " of contingencies, an [ [ american economics ] ] - influenced theoretical approach. she uses her theory to address literary, aesthetic, and other all types of values, attempting to discern whether any objective standards may be applied. < eod > < sod > smith is a well - known writer, most particularly for her 1983 work on [ [ critical theory ] ],\'\' contingencies of value : alternative perspectives for critical theory\'\'. in in this work, she attempts successfully to situate the various liberal, conservative, and other views concerned of " values " within her " metametatheory " of contingencies, an [ [ economics ] ] - influenced theoretical approach. she uses instead her theory to address literary, aesthetic, and other types of values, attempting to discern whether any objective standards may be applied. < eod >']