Ricoeur's Critical Theory

The first book-length treatment of Paul Ricoeur's conception of philosophy as critical theory.
In Ricoeur's Critical Theory, David M. Kaplan revisits the Habermas-Gadamer debates to show how Paul Ricoeur's narrative-hermeneutics and moral-political philosophy provide a superior interpretive, normative, and critical framework. Arguing that Ricoeur's unique version of critical theory surpasses the hermeneutic philosophy of Gadamer, Kaplan adds a theory of argumentation necessary to criticize false consciousness and distorted communication. He also argues that Ricoeur develops Habermas's critical theory, adding an imaginative, creative dimension and a concern for community values and ideas of the Good Life. He then shows how Ricoeur's political philosophy steers a delicate path between liberalism, communitarianism, and socialism. Ricoeur's version of critical theory not only identifies and criticizes social pathologies, posits Kaplan, but also projects utopian alternatives for personal and social transformation that would counter and heal the effects of unjust societies. The author concludes by applying Ricoeur's critical theory to three related problems-the politics of identity and recognition, technology, and globalization and democracy-to show how his works add depth, complexity, and practical solutions to these problems.

A propos de l'auteur

David M. Kaplan is Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities at Polytechnic University.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: David M Kaplan, David M. Kaplan
• Edition: State University of New York Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.03.2003
• EAN: 9780791456958
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-5695-8
• Pages: 236
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 232 mm x 23 mm
• Poids: 467 g
• Thèmes: SUNY Series in Philosophy; Suny the Philosophy of the Soc; SUNY series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
• Catégorie: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: de l'Antiquité à nos jours