Doubt as a social position and scientific principle of a contemporary Western intellectual Cover Image

Сомнение как социальная позиция и научный принцип современного западного интеллектуала
Doubt as a social position and scientific principle of a contemporary Western intellectual

Author(s): Dimitry Aleksandrovich Smirnov
Subject(s): History
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: Frankfurt school; intellectual; criticism; doubt

Summary/Abstract: The article shows the problem of defining the contemporary Western intellectual that was thoroughly studied by Frankfurt school of the social re-search in the XX century. Analyzing society its representatives pointed out the role of intellectual that doubted and actively criticized «one-dimensional person» (G. Markuze), pointed out the politicized intellectual (V. Benjamin), «that was able to see the important thing» (Y. Habermas)

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 114-125
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian