Critical Theory: Current State and Future Prospects

Critical Theory: Current State and Future Prospects
ISBN-10
1782388567
ISBN-13
9781782388562
Series
Critical Theory
Category
Social Science
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
2001-06-01
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Authors
Peter Uwe Hohendahl, Jaimey Fisher

Description

The retirement of the distinguished philosopher Jürgen Habermas from his chair at the University of Frankfurt signalled an important caesura in the history of Critical Theory: the transition from the Habermasian project, to different forms of inquiry in the work of the next generation. This change-over happens at a time when it has become clear that Habermas's systematic exploration of communicative rationality has reached the point where both its achievements and its limitations had become evident. The essays collected in this volume address the problems connected with this transition, partly by returning to the insights of the first generation (Adorno and Benjamin), partly by focusing on questions raised by Habermas's work. Whatever the difference in the authors' positions, this collection gains its unity through their common interest in the significance and value of Critical Theory today and in its future as a philosophical project.

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