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Morality, politics and critical theory: on the practical philosophy of the Frankfurt School
Critical theory is a multifarious and dynamic body of thought, and it is hard to make general statements about its relation to practical philosophy without shoehorning it into one-size-fits-all judgments. To avoid doing this, this article indicates wherever possible whose critical theory is at issue and at what phase in its development. The Frankfurt School critical theory is a particular kind of Gesellschaftskritik or social criticism, the practical aims of which are essential to and inseparable from it. Indeed, as distinct from social theory or sociology, critical theory is, in the eyes of its architects and practitioners, a kind of practice. Yet critical theory is still very much philosophy. Furthermore, critical theory from early on had an almost entirely negative view of instrumental reasoning. This raises the question which asks about the kind of practical upshot that critical theory can have, absent of all political, moral, and prudential considerations.
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Oxford University PressPublisher URL
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The Oxford Handbook of Continental PhilosophySeries
Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Social and Political PhilosophyDepartment affiliated with
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Brian Leiter, Michael RosenLegacy Posted Date
2013-04-23Usage metrics
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