Philosophical foundations of the modern critical theory
https://doi.org/10.29235/2524-2369-2019-64-1-7-14
Abstract
The paradigmatic basis of the modern model of Critical Theory is reconstructed in this article. Critical Theory as a conceptually holistic research program of modern Humanities, characterized by the integrality of its philosophical and methodological foundations, is explicated. The main ideas of A. Honnet’s conception of “struggle for recognition” as the normative basis for sociocultural transformations are analyzed. The key elements of the newest versions of the Critical Theory on the example of R. Forst’s concept of justice as the realization of the “right to justification” are researched.
About the Author
I. M. Ratnikova
Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics.
Belarus
Belarus
Irina M. Ratnikova – Department of Philosophy.
6 P. Brovki Str., Minsk 220013.
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