Jürgen Habermas asserts, in the Preface to Knowledge and Human Interests, that a radical critique of knowledge, that is a metacritique of epistemology, is only possible as a social theory. In this essay, Garbin Kortian discusses the implications and philosophical import of this …
The essays in this collection are concerned with the philosophical problems that arise in connection with the understanding and evaluation of literature - such problems as the relationship between the work and the author (authorial intention), between the work and the world (ref…
Sur le blabla et le chichi des philosophes
Sur le blabla et le chichi des philosophes
Sur le blabla et le chichi des philosophes
The development and contemporary implications of critical theory are discussed here. The need for a reassessment of the previous critical theory analysis of contemporary capitalism through new perspectives is also investigated.
Critical practices in post-franco spain
by Taléns, Jenaro, Villanueva, Darío, López, Silvia L.
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David Held presents a much-needed introduction to, and evaluation of, critical theory. Some of the major themes he considers are critical theory's relation to Marx's critique of political economy, Freudian psychoanalysis, aesthetics and the philosophy of history. There is also a…
The author examines the central questions concerning the duty to obey the law: its meaning, its grounds, and its limits. He confirms the existence of the duty to obey the law, but argues that this duty is easily outweighed by values and principles of political morality.