Critique as Social Practice

Robin Celikates

ISBN 10: 1786604639 / ISBN 13: 9781786604637

Editore: Rowman and Littlefield International, 2019

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Riassunto:

Can critical theory diagnose ideological delusion and false consciousness from above, or does it have to follow the practices of critique ordinary agents engage in? This book argues that we have to move beyond this dichotomy, which has led to a theoretical impasse. Whilst ordinary agents engage in complex forms of everyday critique, it must remain the task of critical theory to provide analysis and critique of social conditions that obstruct the development of reflexive capacities and of their realization in corresponding practices of critique. Only an approach that is at the same time non-paternalistic, pragmatist, and dialogical as well as critical will be able to realize the emancipatory potential of the Frankfurt School tradition of critical theory in radically changing social circumstances.

Informazioni sull?autore: Robin Celikates is Professor of Social Philosophy at the Free University Berlin.

Naomi van Steenbergen is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at Utrecht University, Netherlands.

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Titolo: Critique as Social Practice
Casa editrice: Rowman and Littlefield International
Data di pubblicazione: 2019
Legatura: PAP
Condizione: New