J. Habermas, A. Honneth and the normative basis of Critical Theory

Authors

  • José Manuel Romero Cuevas Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid

Abstract

This article pretends to explain Habermas’ and Honneth’s way to deal with the matter of the normative basis of social criticism and critical social theory. In them, it is possible to show a connection between a formal quasi-transcendental strategy that pretends the reconstruction of the parameters that act as the condition of universal possibility of social criticism, and a conception of modernity as a historical process that produces the differentiation of those normative parameters. This conception ends up lending a normative character to modern western history, which has serious consequences for the critical scope of their respective social theories.

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Published

2009-12-31

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Romero Cuevas, J. M. (2009). J. Habermas, A. Honneth and the normative basis of Critical Theory. Constelaciones. Revista De Teoría Crítica, 1(1), 72–87. Retrieved from https://constelaciones-rtc.net/article/view/694

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No. 1 (2009): Critical Theory Today

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Essays

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