The point of Fleming's critique of Habermas is not to dispute universalism, but to build on the key universalist principles of inclusiveness and equality. She is not persuaded by the view, shared by both sympathizers of Habermas and his postmodern critics, that to be for or against Habermas is to be for or against universalism. Her intention rather is to show that Habermas's theory of modernity is so structured that it cannot achieve its universalist aims. Contending that his theory is not universalist enough, she claims that universalism has to be reconceived as a radical, critical, and historical project.
The point of Fleming's critique of Habermas is not to dispute universalism, but to build on the key universalist principles of inclusiveness and equality. She is not persuaded by the view, shared by both sympathizers of Habermas and his postmodern critics, that to be for or against Habermas is to be for or against universalism. Her intention rather is to show that Habermas's theory of modernity is so structured that it cannot achieve its universalist aims. Contending that his theory is not universalist enough, she claims that universalism has to be reconceived as a radical, critical, and historical project.
Emancipation and Illusion: Rationality and Gender in Habermas's Theory of Modernity
252Emancipation and Illusion: Rationality and Gender in Habermas's Theory of Modernity
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ISBN-13: | 9780271025629 |
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Publisher: | Penn State University Press |
Publication date: | 04/15/1997 |
Pages: | 252 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d) |