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Adorno, Theodor, W., 43, 122, 123–124, 156–157, 169, 216N6 Index Adorno, Theodor, W., 43, 122, 123–124, Bohman, James, 211n15 156–157, 169, 216n6, 238n55. See also Brandom, Robert, 33, 171–173 Horkheimer and Adorno Brockelman, Thomas, 229n86 Antiauthoritarianism. See under Critical social Butler, Judith. See also Good society: idea of, theory in; Ideological closure; Laclau: on; Apel, Karl-Otto, 171, 232n35, 241n18 Poststructuralist critical social theory; Argumentation, 128–160. See also Habermas: Universality: in on communicative action/rationality; critical social theory of, 77–83, 134, 152, Practical rationality 155 Habermas on, 47, 51–52, 75, 106–107, on Habermasian critical social theory, 76, 110–112, 127, 132 78, 81, 144–145 Honneth on, 224n6 Laclau, disagreement with, 76, 78, 84–86 Rorty on, 31–34, 75 and modernity, 77, 83 and validity, 130–133, 158 on subjectivity/agency, 77–78, 135–136, Autonomy, 2, 17, 37–38, 76–77, 120, 132, 144–145, 227n59 133–145, 147, 148, 152, 159, 207–208 in Habermas, 48, 49–50, 141, 143, Castoriadis, Cornelius, 33, 209n6 207–208 Cohen, Jean, 139–142, 143 and independence, 142–143 Colonization thesis. See Habermas: on and purposive rationality, 143–145 functionalist rationality and rational accountability, 17, 49, 50, Communicative rationality. See Habermas: on 131–132, 138–142 communicative action/rationality and strong evaluation, 134–138 Constructivism in Habermas, 107, 109, 111, 184–186, Bad utopianism, 161–163, 167, 175–176. See 231n20 also Finalism; Utopian thinking in Rawls, 59–61, 231n20 Beck, Ulrich. See Modernity: reflexive Context-transcendence. See Critical social Benhabib, Seyla, 179–182 theory: context-transcending approach to Benjamin, Walter, 155 Couzens Hoy, David, 224n8 Berlin, Isaiah, 162–163, 188 Critical social theory Berofsky, Bernard, 136–138, 139, 142 and antiauthoritarianism, 16, 19, 20, 21, Between Facts and Norms, 58, 71, 182, 183, 39–40, 41, 44–45, 68, 76–77, 130–131, 207 146, 147, 151, 164, 169, 190, 195 (see also Bhabha, Homi, 82 Praxis) Bloch, Ernst, 211n20 concept of, 1–4, 6–7 262 Index Critical social theory (cont.) Frankfurt School, 7, 12, 39. See also Adorno; context-transcending approach to, 15, 20, Critical social theory: Left-Hegelian 21–24, 26–27, 35–36, 39–71, 75, 79–83, tradition of; Horkheimer and Adorno 90–94, 148, 182, 199 (see also Fraser, Nancy, 190, 214n29, 224n8. See also Argumentation: and validity; Practical Good society: idea of, in; Fraser–Honneth rationality; Universality: in critical social exchange theory) Fraser–Honneth exchange, 198–206 explanatory component of, 38, 162, Freud, Sigmund, 42–43 190–191, 195–198, 199–207 (see also Habermas: social explanation in) Good society Left-Hegelian tradition of, 19–20, formal conceptions of, 163–167 38–45, 61, 68, 69, 150, 195, 198–199 idea of, in Butler, 146 radically contextualist approach to, 14, idea of, in Fraser, 199 21–24, 25–36, 80–81, 90, 147–148, 151 (see idea of, in Habermas, 48–49, 114, 146, 150, also Rorty) 163–166, 176–179, 185 and transformation, 3, 9–24, 79–81, 83, 88, idea of, in Honneth, 64, 146, 177, 199 110–112, 125, 152, 185–186 (see also Praxis) idea of, in Laclau, 146, 150, 178, 186–187 idea of, in Rorty, 146 Derrida, Jacques, 85, 122 ideas of (see Representations of the good Dialectic of Enlightenment. See Horkheimer and society) Adorno as transcendent ethical object, 98, 120–127, Disclosure, 121–124, 156–160, 169. See also 130, 148, 153, 156, 157, 170, 189–190 Fictions; Ideal speech situation; Orientation; Regulative ideas; Habermas, Jürgen. See also Argumentation: Representations of the good society Habermas on; Benhabib; Butler: on Discourse ethics. See Habermas: on moral Habermasian critical social theory; validity Constructivism: in; Good society: idea of, in; Honneth: disagreement with; Ideal Empire. See Hardt and Negri speech situation; Laclau: on Habermasian Ethical learning. See Progress critical social theory; Rorty: on; Progress: Ethical validity. See also Argumentation: and in; Universality: in validity; Practical rationality; on communicative action/rationality, Representations of the good society: critical 47–57, 106–107, 132, 152–153, 154–155 evaluation of; Taylor dialectics of immanence and transcendence in Habermas, 7–8 (see also Habermas: on in, 45–61 moral validity) on ethical vs. moral validity, 7–8 in Honneth, 67–68 on functionalist rationality, 48–49, 53–55 in Laclau, 89–90, 91–94, 98, 99, 103–104, on ideology, 12 153, 170 on legal-political validity, 58–59, 182–184 vs. moral validity, 7–8, 223n101, 235n16, on meaning, 158 238n63 and modernity, 12, 51–52, 55, 57–58 Explanation. See Critical social theory: on moral validity (justice), 47, 51–52, 56, explanatory component of 106–107, 178–179, 180–181, 184–186 and practical rationality, 127, 152–153, 177, Ferrara, Alessandro, 211n18, 212n21, 178 215n51, 215n52 on Rawls, 59, 60–61 Fictions, 100, 113–127, 182, 184. See also on Rorty, 34–36 Ideal speech situation; Regulative ideas; social explanation in, 206, 217n25, 247n36 Representations of the good society on truth (initial position), 106–109, 110, Finalism, 162–164, 167, 176–177. See also Bad 111, 115 utopianism; Utopian thinking on truth (revised position), 107, 109–114, Flax, Jane, 237n44 115, 126, 153, 179, 183, 185 Foucault, Michel, 4, 7, 90, 224n8. See also Hardt, Michael, and Antonio Negri, 73–74, under Honneth 191–195 263 Index Heath, Joseph, 211n15 Laclau, Ernesto, and Chantal Mouffe, 84–86, Hegemony, 86, 91–92, 102. See also Laclau: 92 critical social theory of; Laclau and Lafont, Cristina, 107, 112 Mouffe Left-Hegelianism. See Critical social theory: Hegemony and Socialist Strategy. See Laclau and Left-Hegelian tradition of Mouffe Linguistic turn, 4, 16, 30 Honneth, Axel. See also Argumentation: Honneth on; Ethical validity: in; Fraser– Mannheim, Karl, 240n1 Honneth exchange; Good society: formal Marcuse, Herbert, 161 conceptions of; Good society: idea of, in; Marx, Karl, 11, 161–162, 163, 166, 190, Progress: in; Universality: in 195–196, 197, 198, 202, 203–204 dialectics of immanence and transcendence McCarthy, Thomas, 224n8 in, 46, 61–71 Metaphysical closure, 99–104, 113, 116, 117, on Foucault, 224n8 160, 166, 167, 169, 176. See also Fictions; Habermas, disagreement with, 46, 61–63, Finalism; Ideal speech situation; Ideological 64–66 closure; Regulative ideas; Representations and modernity, 66–67 of the good society on rational agency, 224n6 Modernity (Western). See also under Butler; Horkheimer, Max, and Theodor W. Adorno, Habermas; Honneth; Laclau 40–42, 45, 46, 54, 61, 155, 162, 179, normative context of, 2–3, 16–17, 28, 123, 191–192, 194–195. See also Adorno; 131–133, 147, 158 Critical social theory: Left-Hegelian reflexive, 30–31, 119 tradition of; Frankfurt School Moral learning. See Progress Moral validity. See under Habermas. See also Ideal speech situation, 104–126, 167–169, under Ethical validity 182–183. See also Fictions; Regulative ideas; Representations of the good society Nietzsche, Friedrich, 2–3, 4, 28, 133, Ideological closure, 99–104, 109, 110, 233n50 115–118, 144, 176. See also Finalism; Metaphysical closure Orientation, 121, 124–125, 156–160, 169, Ideology (false consciousness), 10–13, 100. See 175. See also Disclosure; Fictions; Ideal also Ideological closure speech situation; Regulative ideas; Representations of the good society Jakobson, Roman, 154–155, 157 Paradigm shifts, 22, 34–36 Kant, Immanuel, 108, 209n4, 235n7 Postmetaphysical thinking, 49, 56, 105, 106, Kelly, Terence, 211n15 160, 163–166, 182, 183. See also Critical Kompridis, Nikolas, 159, 234n63 social theory: and antiauthoritarianism; Koselleck, Reinhart, 211n16 Situated rationality Kristeva, Julia, 235n22 Poststructuralist critical social theory, 18–19, Kuhn, Thomas. See Paradigm shifts 65–66, 185. See also Butler; Laclau Practical rationality, 127, 146–152, 169, Lacan, Jacques, 85, 92, 116 175–176. See also Argumentation; Laclau, Ernesto. See also Butler: disagreement Habermas: and; Taylor with; Ethical validity: in; Good society: idea Praxis, 9, 190–191, 195–197, 201–202, of, in; Ideological closure; Universality: in 203, 207. See also Fraser–Honneth on Butler, 90–91 exchange critical social theory of, 78, 84–95 Progress (ethical/moral learning) on Habermasian critical social theory, 76, concept in critical social theory, 13, 21–24, 114, 176–178, 185, 186–187 148–149, 150, 151 and modernity, 84, 122 in Habermas, 57–58 on representations, 86–95, 98, 99–104, 110, in Honneth, 66–68 113–115, 122, 130, 174, 189 in Rorty, 27, 34–36 on subjectivity/agency, 84–86, 92 Putnam, Hilary, 232n35 264 Index Radical contextualism. See Critical social Transformation. See under Critical social theory: radically contextualist approach to; theory Rorty Truth. See under Habermas. See also Ethical Rawls, John, 59–61. See also under validity; Good society: as transcendent Constructivism; Habermas ethical object; Rorty: on context- Raz, Joseph, 235n14 transcending validity; Wellmer Redemption, 166–167 Tugendhat, Ernst, 234n5, 238n57 Regulative ideas, 108, 112–113, 115, 118, 120, 129, 161, 167–171, 174–176, Universality 181–185, 189–190. See also Fictions; Ideal in Butler, 78, 81–83, 148, 163 speech situation; Representations of the in critical social theory, 20 good society in Habermas, 47–48, 49, 51–53, 55, 56–57, Representations of the good society, 98, 118, 58 (see also Universalizability) 119–127, 130, 189. See also Disclosure; in Honneth, 63–64 Fictions; Good society: as transcendent in Laclau, 86–87, 90–91, 100–102, 163, 167 ethical object; Ideal speech situation; Universalizability (generalizability), 51, 56, Laclau: on representations; Regulative 178–186 ideas; Orientation Utopian thinking, 161–188, 214–215n43, critical evaluation of, 120–121, 125, 129, 217n20. See also Bad utopianism; Finalism; 145–160, 169, 190 Good society: as transcendent ethical materiality of, 114–115, 124–125, 150–151, object; Representations of the good society 174 Ricoeur, Paul, 138 Vaihinger, Hans, 118–119, 233n58 Rorty, Richard, 25–36, 74, 80, 97, 147, 151.
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