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Trasformazione della teoria critica e questioni politiche: un confronto tra Jürgen Habermas e Jacques Derrida
Transformation of critical theory and political questions: a comparison between Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida

Author(s): Francesco Giacomantonio
Subject(s): Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy
Published by: Editura Institutul European
Keywords: Critical Theory; Politics; Democracy; Epistemology; Modernity;

Summary/Abstract: The evolution of Critical Theory in the thought of Jürgen Habermas has important consequences for political questions, influencing the actual intellectual debate. This paper examines the main works and studies of Habermas about the epistemology of social sciences, the critique of late capitalist society, the public sphere and democracy, and proposes a comparison with the positions of Jacques Derrida, to have a better comprehension of this evolution.

  • Issue Year: IV/2016
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 139-149
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Italian