Metacritique: The Philosophical Argument of Jürgen Habermas - Softcover

Kortian, Garbis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521296188 ISBN 13: 9780521296182

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1980

Synopsis

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 thesis, which is central to Habermas's work, through a critical account of the German philosophical tradition in which it stands. He relates the 'metacritical dimension' of Haberbas's thought to Hegel's critique of Kant, Marx's critique of Hegel, and the Frankfurt school's critique of positivism. Kortian presents his perspective on the philosophical problems Habermas's argument faces: the primacy of practice, this philosophy of understanding and the hermeneutic concept of understanding. This book, which was originally published in French, will interest students of philosophy and of the social and political sciences.

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Book Description:

Jürgen Habermas asserts, in the Preface to Knowledge and Human Interests, that a radical critique of knowledge is only possible as a social theory. In this essay, Garbin Kortian discusses the implications and philosophical import of this thesis, which is central to Habermas's work, through a critical account of the German philosophical tradition in which it stands.

Language Notes:

Text: English, French (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0521296188
• ISBN 13: 9780521296182
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144