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Rethinking the Normative Content of Critical Theory
B Cannon
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Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JHB; JHBA; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Marxism's chief failing is its substitution of a labour theory of value for the struggles of the labour movement. Consequently, Marxism rests on transhistorical categories that are vulnerable to his own critique of political economy. Jurgen Habermas and Axel Honneth seek to correct this by placing critical theory on a normative foundation. Unfortunately, they restrict this to the cultural sphere. By extending their notion of intersubjectivity to the economic system it can be viewed as an inactive form of morality which social movements influence in the course of their struggles.
Marxism's chief failing is its substitution of a labour theory of value for the struggles of the labour movement. Consequently, Marxism rests on transhistorical categories that are vulnerable to his own critique of political economy. Jurgen Habermas and Axel Honneth seek to correct this by placing critical theory on a normative foundation. Unfortunately, they restrict this to the cultural sphere. By extending their notion of intersubjectivity to the economic system it can be viewed as an inactive form of morality which social movements influence in the course of their struggles.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Number of Pages
211
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349423484
SKU
V9781349423484
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About B Cannon
BOB CANNON is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of East London.
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