Committed critical theory: Some thoughts on Stephen White's A Democratic Bearing. (February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Forst, Rainer
• Is Part Of: Philosophy & social criticism. Volume 44:Number 2(2018)
• Page Start: 126
• Page End: 130
• Publication Date: 2018-02
• Subjects: Colonization thesis -- critical theory -- democratic ethos -- discourse theory -- virtual patriotism -- weak ontology; Philosophy -- Periodicals; Political science -- Periodicals; 300.1
• DOI: 10.1177/0191453717752776
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0191-4537

Abstract

In this article, I comment on Stephen White's version of critical theory as presented in A Democratic Bearing . I specifically focus on his version of the "colonization thesis" and the social analysis this leads to. I also scrutinize his normative framework, especially the claim of non-foundationalism and the difference between his view and Kantian discourse theory.