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Critical theory and epistemology

The politics of modern thought and science

von: Anastasia Marinopoulou
33,99 €
Verlag:	Manchester University Press
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	26.06.2017
ISBN/EAN:	9781526105387
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	200

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Titelbeschreibung

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.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

This Critical Theory and Contemporary Society volume offers a critical review of epistemological issues in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1 Phenomenology and hermeneutics 2 Structuralism and poststructuralism 3 Modernism and postmodernism 4 Systems theory 5 Critical realism Conclusions Index

Autorenportrait

Anastasia Marinopoulou is Lecturer in Political Theory and Philosophy at the Hellenic Open University and Associate Editor of the international edition of
Philosophical Inquiry

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In this book, Anastasia Marinopoulou conducts a systematic comparison of modern epistemology and the epistemological concerns of the Frankfurt School, addressing phenomenology, structuralism and poststructuralism, modernism and postmodernism, systems theory and critical realism. Beginning with an examination of twentieth-century epistemology, particularly the concept of lifeworld (Lebenswelt), Marinopoulou traces the development of the field up to the present day, considering basic conceptions such as dialectics, theory and practice in science, and the potential for a political epistemology based on the arguments of critical theory. Throughout this, she provides a concrete analysis of the work of leading Frankfurt School figures, including Horkheimer, Adorno and Habermas, and raises key questions on methodology in science and research. The book contains previously unpublished commentary from Jürgen Habermas (on systems theory), William Outhwaite (on critical realism) and Stefan Müller-Doohm (on the Frankfurt School), provided to the author in recent interviews. It is organised to be of practical use for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and each chapter includes graphs and schemata that condense the basic argument for the area of modern epistemology and methodology under examination.