Contribution to Book
Habermas on Solidarity and Praxis: Between Institutional Reform and Redemptive Revolution in Critical Theory and the Challenge of Praxis
Critical Theory and the Challenge of Praxis: Beyond Reification
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Pages
173-188
Publisher Name
Routledge
Publisher Location
London, UK
Disciplines
Abstract
Since its inception critical theory has been ambivalent about what kind of political practice it should promote and in the name of what kind of solidarity. Oversimplifying somewhat, the choices fall somewhere between two extremes: Should it promote institutional reform in the name of achieving democratic solidarity? Or should it promote anarchic revolution in the name of achieving solidarity with suppressed nature, redeeming integral life in its totality from narrow self-interest and instrumental reason?
Identifier
9781315575117
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International
Copyright Statement
© The Author, 2015.
Citation Information
David Ingram. "Habermas on Solidarity and Praxis: Between Institutional Reform and Redemptive Revolution in Critical Theory and the Challenge of Praxis" Critical Theory and the Challenge of Praxis: Beyond Reification (2015) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_ingram/33/
Author Posting © The Author, 2015. This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Critical Theory and the Challenge of Praxis: Beyond Reification in 2015, available online: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781315575117/critical-theory-challenge-praxis-stefano-giacchetti-ludovisi.