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This book focuses on Critical Theory's first and second generations of thinkers and Luhmann's Systems Theory, examining how each approaches epistemology. The work opens by looking at 20th century epistemology, especially the concept of Lifeworld (Lebenswelt). It then moves on to discuss structuralism, post-structuralism, critical realism, the epistemological problematics of Foucault's writings, and the dialectics of Systems Theory. This unique work also looks comparatively at structuralism and post-structuralism's epistemological theory with special reference to scientific reason. The aim is to explore whether the focal point for epistemology is that social and political interests form a concrete point of concern for the sciences.
Contents
IntroductionHorkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse - The second generation: Habermas - The lasting impact of Critical Theory on Epistemology 1. Phenomenology and Hermeneutics - Phenomenology: Husserl and the epigones - Ethnomethodology and beyond - The question of Truth: a hermeneutical understanding? 2. Structuralism and Poststructuralism: From Reason to Systems of Signs - The semiotic structure of systems of signs - The way to scientific truth - Truth based on self-referential reason 3. Critical Realism: Towards a Political Epistemology? - The open questions in Critical Realism - Towards an epistemology of the 21st century? - Scientific Rationality and the Network Society 4. Modernism - Postmodernism - Modernism: The synthesis of epistemology and politics? - Foucault's critique of modernism and postmodernism - On the discussion of truth again 5. Rationality of Systems Theory - Luhmann - The Critique on Dialectics: a theory of society or social technology? - Just Rationality of Systems? Conclusion Bibliography Index
