Knowledge and Human Interests
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Knowledge and Human Interests is a seminal 1968 work of critical social theory by Jürgen Habermas that analyzes how different human interests shape the forms and purposes of knowledge.
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| instanceOf |
book
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work of critical social theory ⓘ |
| aimsTo | show how human interests shape forms of knowledge ⓘ |
| argues | that knowledge is interest-laden ⓘ |
| author | Jürgen Habermas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| criticizes |
positivism in the social sciences
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value-free concept of science ⓘ |
| distinguishes |
critical sciences
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empirical-analytic sciences ⓘ historical-hermeneutic sciences ⓘ natural sciences from social sciences ⓘ |
| field |
critical theory
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philosophy ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
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Knowledge and Human Interests
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Knowledge and Human Interests (English edition)
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| hasGenre |
non-fiction
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philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| hasPart |
conclusion
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first part ⓘ introduction ⓘ second part ⓘ |
| identifies |
emancipatory cognitive interest
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practical cognitive interest ⓘ technical cognitive interest ⓘ |
| influenced |
Habermas’s later theory of communicative action
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contemporary critical theory ⓘ philosophy of social science debates ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American pragmatism
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German idealism ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Sigmund Freud ⓘ hermeneutics ⓘ positivism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
critical theory
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epistemology ⓘ knowledge and human interests ⓘ philosophy of social science ⓘ social theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of positivism
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influence on critical social theory ⓘ systematic account of knowledge-constitutive interests ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Erkenntnis und Interesse ⓘ |
| proposesConcept | knowledge-constitutive interests ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| publisher | Suhrkamp Verlag ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
Frankfurt School
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surface form:
Frankfurt School critical theory
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| topic |
emancipation through critical reflection
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relationship between knowledge and power ⓘ |
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