Theory Caught Up in Dialectics: Some Reflections on Asger Sørensen’s Capitalism, Alienation and Critique
Theory Caught Up in Dialectics: Some Reflections on Asger Sørensen’s Capitalism, Alienation and Critique
Author(s): Marjan Ivković , Srđan Prodanović, Srđan UroševićSubject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: dialectics; determinate negation; Foucault; Degrowth; Bataille
Summary/Abstract: This paper presents three interconnected examinations of Asger Sørensen’s arguments in Capitalism, Alienation and Critique, which thematize Sørensen’s overarching understanding of the relationship between theory and practice: his general methodological perspective on critical theory, its distinctive epistemology and its anchoring in the empirical world. The paper authors each try to push Sørensen on these crucial points by considering how Sørensen’s variant of critical theory actually operates, scrutinizing in more detail the particular relationship between the ‘experience of injustice’, which for Sørensen constitutes the empirical foothold for critical theory, and the theoretical diagnosis of social reality which the critical theorist should formulate against the backdrop of this experience.
Journal: Filozofija i društvo
- Issue Year: 32/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 11-21
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English