Browne's immanent critique of the perspectives of Habermas and Giddens: philosophy of praxis, contemporary modernity and social classifications

Bialakowsky, Alejandro

doi:10.1080/23801883.2018.1527522

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“…The underlying intuition of Habermas' entire theory, I contend, is that the communicative constitution of social identity makes possible a rational reconciliation of the universal and the particular (see BROWNE, 2017a;BIALAKOWSKY, 2018). The corresponding conception of the social is oriented to distribution and exchange, rather than the process of production.…”

Section: The Logic Of Ideological Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The revival of historical sociology similarly involved considerable engagement with the concerns of historical materialism, but the predominant recent tendencies have diverged from it in two ways (SMITH, 1991). On the one hand, the notions of power and culture have provided the theoretical underpinnings of the most influential recent historical sociological work (MANN, 1986;ARNASON, 2005). These approaches tend to either enfold material production within an overarching conception of power or treat it as a factor of equivalent significance in the constitution of social formations as that of culture and power.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Antinomies of Habermas'reconstruction of Historical Materialism

Browne

2019

Rev. Int. Leg.

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There are few attempts to reformulate the historical perspective of classical sociological theory comparable to that of Jürgen Habermas’ reconstruction of historical materialism. Habermas considered historical materialism to be principally a theory of social evolution and he sought to revise its conception of historical development. In Habermas’ opinion, the logic of the development of normative structures, social identities and cultural understandings differs from that of material production and the organizational complexity of social systems. My analysis reveals how the major innovation of Habermas’ reconstruction of historical materialism is the ensuing conceptualizations of the social relations of production as forms of social integration and the function of systematically distorted communication in their historical institution. Despite the significant implications of this supplementation of the paradigm of production with a theory of communication, Habermas’ reconstruction of historical materialism is shown to be limited by its inflexible logic of development and disengagement from the conflicts internal to processes of material production. It is proposed that the historical perspective of other strands of contemporary social theory may rectify these limitations through their concern with social creativity, institutional variations and the dialectics of social struggle.

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Section: The Logic Of Ideological Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%