Abstract:In his book "Tem razão a Administração?" Fernando Guilherme Tenório shows that the term Critical Theory was used by Max Horkheimer to establish a difference from the proposal of the Frankfurt School, or the Traditional Theory as he called it. The traditional theory is related to the knowledge based on natural sciences and on the pursuit of general laws, emphasizing empiricism and knowledge to the detriment of action, which is a positivist approach.On the other hand, "critical theory [...] is concerned with e… Show more
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