Habermas on solidarity and praxis: Between institutional reform and redemptive revolution in critical theory and the challenge of praxis

David Ingram

doi:10.4324/9781315575117

Habermas on solidarity and praxis: Between institutional reform and redemptive revolution in critical theory and the challenge of praxis

David Ingram

Loyola University of Chicago

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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?

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Critical Theory and the Challenge of Praxis
Subtitle of host publication	Beyond Reification
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	173-188
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317157007
ISBN (Print)	9781472447739
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315575117 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315575117
State	Published - Mar 9 2016
Externally published	Yes

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General Social Sciences

Keywords

habermas
critical theory
democratic solidarity

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Philosophy

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Habermas on solidarity and praxis: Between institutional reform and redemptive revolution in critical theory and the challenge of praxis

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