This volume in the Critical Theory and Contemporary Society series explores the arguments between critical theory and epistemology in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Focusing on the first and second generations of critical theorists and Luhmann's systems theory, the book examines how each approaches epistemology. It opens by looking at twentieth-century epistemology, particularly the concept of lifeworld (Lebenswelt). It then moves on to discuss structuralism, poststructuralism, critical realism, the epistemological problematics of Foucault's writings and the dialectics of systems theory. The aim is to explore whether the focal point for epistemology and the sciences remain that social and political interests actually form a concrete point of concern for the sciences as well. -- .
By:
Anastasia Marinopoulou Imprint: Manchester University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 11mm
Weight: 290g ISBN:9781526139627 ISBN 10: 1526139626 Series:Critical Theory and Contemporary Society Pages: 200 Publication Date:10 July 2019 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1 Phenomenology and hermeneutics 2 Structuralism and poststructuralism 3 Modernism and postmodernism 4 Systems theory 5 Critical realism Conclusions Index -- .
Anastasia Marinopoulou is Lecturer in Political Theory and Philosophy at the Hellenic Open University and Associate Editor of the international edition of Philosophical Inquiry