Re-Envisioning Critical Theory: Amy Allen's The Politics of Our Selves. Issue 1 (24th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kompridis, Nikolas
• Editors: Kompridis, Nikolas
• Is Part Of: Critical horizons. Volume 15:Issue 1(2014)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 13
• Publication Date: 2014-03-24
• Subjects: critique -- normativity -- power -- the new; Critical theory -- Periodicals; 142.05
• DOI: 10.1179/1440991713Z.00000000024
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1440-9917

Abstract

Abstract : In this paper I question Amy Allen's reliance on a Habermasian model of critique and normativity, beyond which her own work points. I emphasize those places in Allen's book, The Power of Our Selves, where she could set out on a different path, more consistent with the implications of her critique of Habermas, and more congenial with my own reformulation of the project of critical theory (after Habermas).