Critical theory and epistemology
Title | Critical theory and epistemology PDF eBook |
Author | Anastasia Marinopoulou |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 279 |
Release | 2017-06-26 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1526105381 |
This volume in the Critical Theory and Contemporary Society series explores the arguments between critical theory and epistemology in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Focusing on the first and second generations of critical theorists and Luhmann’s systems theory, the book examines how each approaches epistemology. It opens by looking at twentieth-century epistemology, particularly the concept of lifeworld (Lebenswelt). It then moves on to discuss structuralism, poststructuralism, critical realism, the epistemological problematics of Foucault’s writings and the dialectics of systems theory. The aim is to explore whether the focal point for epistemology and the sciences remain that social and political interests actually form a concrete point of concern for the sciences as well.
Critical Theory and Epistemology
Title | Critical Theory and Epistemology PDF eBook |
Author | Anastasia Ch. Marinopoulou |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Knowledge, Theory of |
ISBN | 9781526128157 |
This volume in the 'Critical Theory and Contemporary Society' series explores the arguments between critical theory and epistemology in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Critical Theory
Title | Critical Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Max Horkheimer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN |
Contemporary Critical Theory and Methodology
Title | Contemporary Critical Theory and Methodology PDF eBook |
Author | Piet Strydom |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2011-03 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 113599787X |
Contemporary Critical Theory and Methodology is unique in presenting the first critical collection of texts dealing with the debate between critical theory and pragmatism. Piet Strydom focuses in particular on the implications that the relation between the two has for the methodology and research practice of contemporary critical theory.
Nietzsche, Theories of Knowledge, and Critical Theory
Title | Nietzsche, Theories of Knowledge, and Critical Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Babette Babich |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 1999-08-31 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780792357421 |
Nietzsche, Theories of Knowledge, and Critical Theory, the first volume of a two-volume book collection on Nietzsche and the Sciences, ranges from reviews of Nietzsche and the wide variety of epistemic traditions - not only pre-Socratic, but Cartesian, Leibnizian, Kantian, and post-Kantian -through essays on Nietzsche's critique of knowledge via his critique of grammar and modern culture, and culminates in an extended section on the dynamic of Nietzsche's critical philosophy seen from the perspective of Habermas and critical theory. This volume features a first-time English translation of Habermas's afterword to his own German-language collection of Nietzsche's Epistemological Writings.
Critique and Praxis
Title | Critique and Praxis PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard E. Harcourt |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 730 |
Release | 2020-08-11 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0231551452 |
Critical philosophy has always challenged the division between theory and practice. At its best, it aims to turn contemplation into emancipation, seeking to transform society in pursuit of equality, autonomy, and human flourishing. Yet today’s critical theory often seems to engage only in critique. These times of crisis demand more. Bernard E. Harcourt challenges us to move beyond decades of philosophical detours and to harness critical thought to the need for action. In a time of increasing awareness of economic and social inequality, Harcourt calls on us to make society more equal and just. Only critical theory can guide us toward a more self-reflexive pursuit of justice. Charting a vision for political action and social transformation, Harcourt argues that instead of posing the question, “What is to be done?” we must now turn it back onto ourselves and ask, and answer, “What more am I to do?” Critique and Praxis advocates for a new path forward that constantly challenges each and every one of us to ask what more we can do to realize a society based on equality and justice. Joining his decades of activism, social-justice litigation, and political engagement with his years of critical theory and philosophical work, Harcourt has written a magnum opus.
Problems of Knowledge
Title | Problems of Knowledge PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Williams |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780192892560 |
In this introduction to epistemology, Michael Williams explains and criticises traditional philosophical theories of the nature, limits, methods, possibility, and value of knowing.