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A critical Reading of Habermas’ defense of modernity

Habermas’ın modernite savunusu: eleştirel bir okuma

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239–258
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2022-10-11
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In this article, those resources and assumptions of Habermas which have several in common with that of anti-modernist thinkers he discussed with are dwelt on, and some criticisms brought to his attempt through the theory of communicative action to explain and resolve the problems of modernity are examined.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Jürgen Habermas has engaged in a critical defense of reason and Enlightenment against the rising postmodernism in the 1980s.
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Key Findings & Data:Reading the modern philosophy as a discourse constituted by the attempts to transcend the subjective character of Enlightenment thought, Habermas claimed that the attempts by Nietzsche and his followers ended up with the denial of reason and thus strengthened reactionary movements, yet remained within the boundaries of subjective philosophy.
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Conclusion & Impact:In this article, those resources and assumptions of Habermas which have several in common with that of anti-modernist thinkers he discussed with are dwelt on, and some criticisms brought to his attempt through the theory of communicative action to explain and resolve the problems of modernity are examined.
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Jürgen Habermas has engaged in a critical defense of reason and Enlightenment against the rising postmodernism in the 1980s. Reading the modern philosophy as a discourse constituted by the attempts to transcend the subjective character of Enlightenment thought, Habermas claimed that the attempts by Nietzsche and his followers ended up with the denial of reason and thus strengthened reactionary movements, yet remained within the boundaries of subjective philosophy. According to him, the way to avoid the tyranny caused by subjective philosophy is not to deny reason but to reconstruct it on the basis of intersubjective communication. In this article, those resources and assumptions of Habermas which have several in common with that of anti-modernist thinkers he discussed with are dwelt on, and some criticisms brought to his attempt through the theory of communicative action to explain and resolve the problems of modernity are examined.

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Jürgen Habermas 1980’lerde yükselen postmodernizm karşısında aklın ve Aydınlanma’nın eleştirel bir savunusuna girişmiştir. Modern felsefeyi Aydınlanma düşüncesinin öznelciliğini aşmaya dönük çabaların oluşturduğu bir söylem olarak yorumlayan Habermas, Nietzsche ve takipçilerinin çabalarının aklın inkârıyla sonuçlanıp gerici akımları güçlendirdiğini ve özne felsefesinin sınırlarının dışına da çıkamadığını öne sürmüştür. Ona göre özne felsefesinin yol açtığı tahakkümden kurtulmanın yolu aklı reddetmek değil özneler-arası iletişim temelinde yeniden kurmaktır. Bu çalışmada Habermas’ın tartıştığı antimodernist düşünürlerle ortak kaynak ve varsayımları üzerinde durulmakta ve iletişimsel eylem kuramının modernitenin sorunlarını açıklama ve çözme girişimine yönelik kimi eleştiriler ele alınmaktadır.

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ÇELİKOĞLU, İ. Ö. (2022). A critical Reading of Habermas’ defense of modernity. Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 11 - Sayı: 3, 239–258. https://ajindex.com/articles/438891

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