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The claim to universality of modernity and its relation with Occidental rationality: A study of Juergen Habermas's philosophy of modernity.

机译：对现代性普遍性的主张及其与西方理性的关系：研究于尔根·哈贝马斯的现代性哲学。

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Jurgen Habermas's reconstruction of Critical Theory has been subjected to extensive scrutiny in recent years. However, three of this philosophy's fundamental presuppositions have remained unexamined: the concept of "Occidental rationalism"; the notion of an unfinished project of modernity; and the claim to universality of modernity. This dissertation examines the philosophy of Habermas with reference to these three principles. Habermas's extended project---to recover a normative foundation for the tradition of Critical Theory---can be, figuratively at least, divided into two stages. I consider the first stage of Habermas's task to have concluded with the publication of Knowledge and Human Interests in 1968. The second stage of Habermas's reconstructive plan began with the publication of the Theory of Communicative Action in 1981. I argue that Habermas's reconstructive project fails to overcome the arguments of Horkheimer and Adorno's thesis on the antagonistic nature of enlightenment, and therefore his reconstruction of Critical Theory remains problematic.;On the substantive level, I aim to examine the question, "Does the term 'Modernity' refer to a specific culture, or can it be employed more broadly?" I will challenge Habermas's unfinished project of modernity by introducing the concept of a "plurality of modernities." Referring to Habermas's implicitly Eurocentric claim of the universality of modernity, based in an "Occidental understanding of the world," I will argue that universalization cannot be achieved on the basis of a specific world-interpretation. Arguing against the feasibility of completing "the project of modernity" once and for all, I suggest that there are not only numerous paths to modernity, but that diverse historical conditions and sociocultural environments give rise to varied forms of modernity in different parts of the world. I argue that an emancipatory theory, which is what Habermas's is believed to be, ought to address itself to an understanding of the transformation of culture rather than simply the logic of communication, and, consequently, it should address cultural as well as cross-cultural conflicts in various societies, including non-western ones.
机译：近年来，于尔根·哈贝马斯（Jurgen Habermas）对批判理论的重建受到了广泛的审查。但是，该哲学的三个基本前提尚未得到检验：“西方理性主义”概念；未完成的现代性计划的概念；以及对现代性普遍性的要求。本文结合这三个原则对哈贝马斯的哲学进行了考察。哈贝马斯的扩展项目-恢复批判理论传统的规范基础-至少可以比喻地分为两个阶段。我认为哈贝马斯任务的第一阶段以1968年《知识与人类利益》的出版告终。哈贝马斯重建计划的第二阶段以1981年《交往行动理论》的出版开始。我认为哈贝马斯的重建计划未能克服了霍克海默和阿道尔诺关于启蒙运动的反抗性的论点，因此他对批判理论的重构仍然是有问题的。在实质层面上，我旨在研究以下问题：““现代性”一词是否指的是特定文化？ ，还是可以更广泛地使用它？”我将通过介绍“多个现代性”的概念来挑战哈贝马斯尚未完成的现代性项目。关于哈贝马斯基于“对世界的西方理解”而隐含地以欧洲为中心的关于现代性普遍性的主张，我将指出，不能基于特定的世界解释来实现普遍性。关于一劳永逸地完成“现代性计划”的可行性，我建议不仅有许多通往现代性的途径，而且，不同的历史条件和社会文化环境在世界各地产生了各种形式的现代性。我认为，哈贝马斯认为的解放理论应该着眼于对文化转型的理解，而不是单纯的交流逻辑，因此，它应该着眼于文化以及跨文化包括非西方在内的各种社会中的冲突。

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    Mesbahian, Hossein.;

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    University of Toronto (Canada).;

  • 授予单位 University of Toronto (Canada).;
  • 学科 Philosophy.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2007
  • 页码 366 p.
  • 总页数 366
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  • 正文语种 eng
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