Journal•ISSN: 0191-4537
Philosophy & Social Criticism
SAGE Publishing
About: Philosophy & Social Criticism is an academic journal published by SAGE Publishing. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Politics & Democracy. It has an ISSN identifier of 0191-4537. Over the lifetime, 1781 publications have been published receiving 24053 citations. The journal is also known as: philosophy (general) & Philosophy.
Topics: Politics, Democracy, Political philosophy, Liberalism, Epistemology
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TL;DR: In this article, an insightful way of articulating the feminist concept of epistemic injustice can be provided by paying significant attention to recognition theory, which can be found in the work of this article.
Abstract: My aim in this article is to propose that an insightful way of articulating the feminist concept of epistemic injustice can be provided by paying significant attention to recognition theory The ar
1,394 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore an important concept in the work of the later Rawls, the idea of the reasonable, and conclude that this concept helps to bridge the gap between liberal theory and democratic practice.
Abstract: This paper aims to explore an important concept in the work of the later Rawls: the idea of the reasonable. While the concept has its roots in both Aristotle and Kant, Rawls develops a unique account of the reasonable in the light of his theory of political liberalism. The paper includes Rawlsian responses to the practical challenges of radical democrats on the one hand, and epistemological challenges to the reasonable on the other. It concludes that Rawls’s account of the reasonable helps to bridge the gap between liberal theory and democratic practice.
1,108 citations
TL;DR: The relation between l'ethique and la liberte et de la politique is discussed in this article, where Foucault et al. discuss the relation between the liberte and the politique.
Abstract: Interview accorde par M. Foucault le 20-1-1984 | celui-ci expose son point de vue ethique, ou le souci de soi fonde le souci de l'autre, et la relation de l'ethique au monde de la liberte et de la politique
1,104 citations
TL;DR: The role and relevance of hermeneutics for the problem of society and social life is discussed in this article, where the authors consider the conditions and the historical constellation under which the social sciences in our epoch are organized and working.
Abstract: asked to describe from my own point of view the role and relevance of hermeneutics for the problem of society and social life. I shall begin with a consideration of the conditions and the historical constellation under which the social sciences in our epoch are organized and working. In our century, particularly in the second half of our century, the social sciences have been given a special challenge. When one compares the impact of both philosophy (notably British Empiricism and German Idealism) and the social sciences in the same epoch, one is forced to say that the influence of the former was extremely weak. Of course, there was the development of theoretical economics and the first steps toward a thematization of society as burgerliche Gesellschaft. In general, however, this theoretical work did not have much influence upon the practical organization of our society. The basis of our social life in the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century had been sustained by the Christian tradition, its secularization and the consequent secular formation of society. However, by the middle of our century, the breakdown of these traditions caused by the two wars and the connected shift in the balance of power and the political equilibrium fostered a new desire and inner longing in our society to find in science a substitute for lost orientations a very dangerous situation. While the serious scientist knows the restrictive conditions of his thematization of social appearances and givens, the makers of public opinion can distort the real work of scientists in view of the inner needs and
285 citations
TL;DR: The model of deliberative democracy, as developed by Jurgen Habermas and Seyla Benhabib, serves this concept of democracy best as discussed by the authors, in which free and open discourse within a vital public sphere plays a decisive role.
Abstract: The internet could be an efficient political instrument if it were seen as part of a democracy where free and open discourse within a vital public sphere plays a decisive role. The model of deliberative democracy, as developed by Jurgen Habermas and Seyla Benhabib, serves this concept of democracy best. The paper explores first the model of deliberative democracy as a ‘two-track model’ in which representative democracy is backed by the public sphere and a developing civil society. Secondly, it outlines the normative concept of the public sphere and its basic ideas, namely the uncoerced communication of equal participants with equal access and equal rights to intervene or propose themes. The third part for discussion shows how the internet could fit into this concept of public sphere and influence the quality of political debates, and emphasizes the important role it can play in the political process.
274 citations