The Redemption of Modernity
In: Thesis eleven: critical theory and historical sociology, Heft 25, S. 122-132
Abstract
A review article on books by: Jurgen Habermas, The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity; & John F. Rundell, Origins of Modernity: The Origins of Modern Social Theory from Kant to Hegel to Marx (for each, Cambridge: Polity Press, 1987 [see listings in IRPS No. 58]). Ways that these works attempt to recuperate the project of modernity are discussed. A reevaluation of Immanuel Kant, Georg W. F. Hegel, & Karl Marx reveals that modernity has mistakenly conflated reason & production. It is argued that rationality must be freed from its subject-centered identification & move toward intersubjective or communicative reason. Practical application of this new modernity consists of creating a public sphere for the generation of meaning & solidarity alongside the existing modern projects of the state & economy. Six critiques of the Habermasian project are offered. L. Baker
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