Habermas, Nietzsche, and cognitive perspective

Tom Rockmore

Peking University

pp. 281-288

in: Babette Babich (ed), Nietzsche, theories of knowledge, and critical theory I, Berlin, Springer, 1999

Abstract

Jürgen Habermas has long been concerned with cognitive objectivity, although not under that name. His philosophical roots lie in the Frankfurt School form of neo-Marxism,¹ also known as critical theory. Critical theory should be understood in opposition to traditional theory, which is exemplified in the Cartesian approach that dominates the modern discussion.²

Cited authors

Nietzsche Friedrich

Marx Karl

Habermas Jürgen