Justiça, razão comunicativa e emancipação social: Filosofia do Direito e Teoria da Justiça a partir do pensamento de Jürgen Habermas

Este artigo trata da interelação entre justiça, razão comunicativa e emancipação social. Ao referir-se à justiça e à injustiça, retorna a um tema de fundamental importância para a história da Filosofia do Direito, sem com isto assumir os riscos das teorias metafísicas da justiça. É a partir da teoria do discurso, de Jürgen Habermas, que as condições e os pressupostos para o desenvolvimento de uma noção de justiça pós-metafísica se torna possível. Investigar a tarefa da Filosofia do Direito, e o desafio do conceito de justiça, são tarefas desdobradas nos estudos e debates envolvidos neste texto.

Moving from sustainable management to sustainable governance of natural resources: The role of social learning processes in rural India, Bolivia and Mali

The present paper discusses a conceptual, methodological and practical framework within which the limitations of the conventional notion of natural resource management (NRM) can be overcome. NRM is understood as the application of scientific ecological knowledge to resource management. By including a consideration of the normative imperatives that arise from scientific ecological knowledge and submitting them to public scrutiny, ‘sustainable management of natural resources’ can be recontextualised as ‘sustainable governance of natural resources’. This in turn makes it possible to place the politically neutralising discourse of ‘management’ in a space for wider societal debate, in which the different actors involved can deliberate and negotiate the norms, rules and power relations related to natural resource use and sustainable development. The transformation of sustainable management into sustainable governance of natural resources can be conceptualised as a social learning process involving scientists, experts, politicians and local actors, and their corresponding scientific and non-scientific knowledges. The social learning process is the result of what Habermas has described as ‘communicative action’, in contrast to ‘strategic action’. Sustainable governance of natural resources thus requires a new space for communicative action aiming at shared, intersubjectively validated definitions of actual situations and the goals and means required for transforming current norms, rules and power relations in order to achieve sustainable development. Case studies from rural India, Bolivia and Mali explore the potentials and limitations for broadening communicative action through an intensification of social learning processes at the interface of local and external knowledge. Key factors that enable or hinder the transformation of sustainable management into sustainable governance of natural resources through social learning processes and communicative action are discussed.

A Critique of Authenticity and Recognition

While forms of ethics based upon authenticity and recognition are holding sway in contemporary philosophical debates (Ferrara, Honneth, Fraser, etc.), many of the implications of both processes – conceptual, moral, political – are still insufficiently reflected upon. The talk will offer a “critique” (in the Kantian sense) of both, based upon an analysis of the “semiotics” of authenticity and the resulting perpetuation of a regime of authority of experts, as well as commenting upon the striking absence of the realm of literature and the arts from this debate, except in some references to a rather abstract notion of Aesthetics. It will also critically revaluate the concept of agency implicit in an ethics of authenticity and recognition.

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 493 - Korrespondenzen mit Mitarbeitern (u.a. Gerhard Brand, Ludwig von Friedeburg und Jürgen Habermas) aus dem Institut für Sozialforschung (p. V 193, 1 - 212)

Briefe zwischen Mitarbeitern des Instituts für Sozialforschung und Max Horkheimer, 1964-1973; 13 Briefe und Beilagen zwischen dem Verwaltungsleiter IfS Siegfried Geissler und Max Horkheimer, 1968-1973; 9 Briefe zwischen Klaus Körber (Institut für Sozialforschung) und Max Horkheimer, 1971-1973; 2 Briefe zwischen dem Professor Rudolf Gunzert und Max Horkheimer, 1972; 2 Briefe zwischen Dr. Joachim Bergmann (Institut für Sozialforschung) und Max Horkheimer, 1971; 2 Briefe zwischen dem Professor Gerhard Brandt und Max Horkheimer, 1971; 6 Briefe zwischen Herbert Ludwig (Institut für Sozialforschung) und Max Horkheimer, 1966-1967; 3 Briefe von Max Horkheimer an Professor Franz Böhm, 1966; Briefe zwischen den Mitarbeitern des Instituts für Sozialforschung und Max Horkheimer, 1955-1959; 4 Briefe von Jürgen Habermas an Max Horkheimer, Frankfurt, 1957-1959; 3 Briefe zwischen Christoph Oehler und Max Horkheimer, 1959; 13 Briefe zwischen Ludwig von Friedeburg und Max Horkheimer, 1955-1959; 1 Brief von Werner Wilkening an Max Horkheimer, 1958; 1 Brief von Gerhard Brandt an Max Horkheimer, 1958; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an den Dekan Helmut Viebrock, 1958; 2 Briefe von Egon Becker mit Helge Pross und Ludwig Friedeburg an Max Horkheimer, Frankfurt, 1958-1959; 2 Briefe von Helge Pross mit Egon Becker und Ludwig Friedeburg an Max Horkheimer, Frankfurt, 1958-1959; 1 Brief von Dieter Arenz an Max Horkheimer, Frankfurt, 1956; Briefe vom und an das Institut für Sozialforschung (Advisory Board of the Institute of Social Research), 1940-1947; Briefe und Briefentwürfe an und von Mitgliedern des Advisory Board betreffend die Zusendung von Max Horkheimer "Eclipse of Reason" und Karl August Wittvogel/Olga Lang, "Chinese Family and Society"; vom Institut für Sozialforschung, 1946-1947; 1 Brief von Edwin Borchard vom Institut für Sozialforschung, 1947; 1 Brief von Friedrich Pollock an Alfred E. Cohn, Los Angeles, 1947; 1 Brief von Friedrich Pollock an Stephan Duggan, Los Angeles, 1947; 2 Briefe zwischen Lloyd K. Garrison und Friedrich. Pollock, 1947; 1 Brief von Friedrich Pollock an Calvin B. Hoover, Los Angeles, 1947; 1 Brief von Friedrich Pollock an Philip C. Jessup, Los Angeles, 1947; 1 Brief von Friedrich Pollock an Wesley C. Mitchell, Los Angeles, 1947; 1 Brief von Friedrich Pollock an William A. Neilson, Los Angeles, 1947; 1 Brief von Friedrich Pollock an Frederick M. Padelford, Los Angeles, 1947; 1 Brief von Friedrich Pollock an Thorsten Sellin, Los Angeles, 1947; 3 Briefe zwischen John Whyte und Friedrich Pollock, 1947; 2 Briefe zwischen Louis Wirth und Friedrich Pollock, 1947; 1 Brief von Friedrich Pollock an Howard Woolston, Los Angeles, 1947; 1 Brief von George H. Sabine an das Institut für Sozialforschung, Ithaca, New York, 1946; Briefe und Briefentwürfe an und von Mitgliedern des Advisory Board betreffend den Druck eines neuen Briefkopfs des Instituts, 1940; 1 Brief von Leo Löwenthal, Pacific Palisades an Margot von Mendelssohn, 1942; 1 Brief von Leo Löwenthal an Margot von Mendelssohn, Pacific Palisades, 1942; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an K. Pilser, 1942; 2 Briefe zwischen Charles A. Beard und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Edwin M. Borchard und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 3 Briefe zwischen Henry Sloane Coffin und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Morris R. Cohen und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Alfred E. Cohn und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Stephen Duggan und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen dem Soziologen Henry Pratt Fairchild und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Sidney B. Fay und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Lloyd K. Garrison und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Calvin B. Hoover, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Robert M. Hutchins und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Philip C. Jessup und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Lewis L. Lorwin und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Robert S. Lynd und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Robert M. MacIver und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe von Max Horkheimer an Charles H. McIlwain, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Charles E. Merriam und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Wesley C. Mitchell und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen William A. Nielson und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 5 Briefe zwischen Howard W. Odum und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 3 Briefe zwischen Frederick M. Padelford und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 3 Briefe von Max Horkheimer an Max Radin, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen George H. Sabine und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Thorsten Sellin und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen James T. Shotwell und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 1 Brief von dem Soziologen Louis Wirth an Franz Neumann, Chicago, 1940; 1 Brief von Louis Wirth an Franz L. Neumann, Chicago, 1940; 3 Briefe zwischen Howard Woolston und Max Horkheimer, 1940;

La crítica al sujeto en la filosofía de Theodor W. Adorno

El propósito de la presente tesis es realizar una lectura de la crítica al concepto de subjetividad en la filosofía de Theodor W. Adorno. Los objetivos de tal lectura son fundamentalmente dos: por un lado, particularizar la crítica adorniana en el marco de otras críticas al concepto de subjetividad que marcaron el campo de la filosofía contemporánea y, al mismo tiempo, establecer un diálogo con las lecturas que de la filosofía adorniana hicieron algunos miembros más jóvenes de la denominada Escuela de Frankfurt: Jürgen Habermas, Albrecht Wellmer -críticas al compromiso con una filosofía de la conciencia- así como Axel Honneth -crítica al modelo funcionalista de análisis de lo social-. Para esto se pondrá de relieve la centralidad del materialismo adorniano en el que el concepto de naturaleza cumple un rol central, así como el carácter crítico-normativo que de este materialismo se podría plantear. Con esto se hará posible tanto diferenciar la crítica adorniana como defenderla según la confianza de que con ella se puede hacer pensable un concepto de subjetividad no represivo capaz de desarticular la rigidez del modelo moderno de identidad personal

Vocational guidance and development of competences

The present "post modern" socio-cultural modalities and the restrictions of the economic globalization lead us to reflect about the configuration of the transformations in the Vocational Guidance, committed to the concepts of "freedom", "epistemological knowledge", "competences of the subject and new roles of the school. This first exploratory incursion if the research has the purpose of retrieving the concept of freedom from the existential philosophers Heidegger and Sartre and of introducing the subject of "competences" from the social theory of Habermas. The aim is to establish new bonds between the Vocational Guidance and the above-mentioned philosophical lineaments: the freedom of the subjects and the possibility of development of those "competences" that allow to establish social, ethical and epistemological interrelations in the sphere of the Vocational Guidance, that promote a greater solidarity facing the "era of emptiness" of the post-modernity supported by Lipovestky.

La crítica al sujeto en la filosofía de Theodor W. Adorno

El propósito de la presente tesis es realizar una lectura de la crítica al concepto de subjetividad en la filosofía de Theodor W. Adorno. Los objetivos de tal lectura son fundamentalmente dos: por un lado, particularizar la crítica adorniana en el marco de otras críticas al concepto de subjetividad que marcaron el campo de la filosofía contemporánea y, al mismo tiempo, establecer un diálogo con las lecturas que de la filosofía adorniana hicieron algunos miembros más jóvenes de la denominada Escuela de Frankfurt: Jürgen Habermas, Albrecht Wellmer -críticas al compromiso con una filosofía de la conciencia- así como Axel Honneth -crítica al modelo funcionalista de análisis de lo social-. Para esto se pondrá de relieve la centralidad del materialismo adorniano en el que el concepto de naturaleza cumple un rol central, así como el carácter crítico-normativo que de este materialismo se podría plantear. Con esto se hará posible tanto diferenciar la crítica adorniana como defenderla según la confianza de que con ella se puede hacer pensable un concepto de subjetividad no represivo capaz de desarticular la rigidez del modelo moderno de identidad personal

Vocational guidance and development of competences

The present "post modern" socio-cultural modalities and the restrictions of the economic globalization lead us to reflect about the configuration of the transformations in the Vocational Guidance, committed to the concepts of "freedom", "epistemological knowledge", "competences of the subject and new roles of the school. This first exploratory incursion if the research has the purpose of retrieving the concept of freedom from the existential philosophers Heidegger and Sartre and of introducing the subject of "competences" from the social theory of Habermas. The aim is to establish new bonds between the Vocational Guidance and the above-mentioned philosophical lineaments: the freedom of the subjects and the possibility of development of those "competences" that allow to establish social, ethical and epistemological interrelations in the sphere of the Vocational Guidance, that promote a greater solidarity facing the "era of emptiness" of the post-modernity supported by Lipovestky.

La crítica al sujeto en la filosofía de Theodor W. Adorno

El propósito de la presente tesis es realizar una lectura de la crítica al concepto de subjetividad en la filosofía de Theodor W. Adorno. Los objetivos de tal lectura son fundamentalmente dos: por un lado, particularizar la crítica adorniana en el marco de otras críticas al concepto de subjetividad que marcaron el campo de la filosofía contemporánea y, al mismo tiempo, establecer un diálogo con las lecturas que de la filosofía adorniana hicieron algunos miembros más jóvenes de la denominada Escuela de Frankfurt: Jürgen Habermas, Albrecht Wellmer -críticas al compromiso con una filosofía de la conciencia- así como Axel Honneth -crítica al modelo funcionalista de análisis de lo social-. Para esto se pondrá de relieve la centralidad del materialismo adorniano en el que el concepto de naturaleza cumple un rol central, así como el carácter crítico-normativo que de este materialismo se podría plantear. Con esto se hará posible tanto diferenciar la crítica adorniana como defenderla según la confianza de que con ella se puede hacer pensable un concepto de subjetividad no represivo capaz de desarticular la rigidez del modelo moderno de identidad personal

Vocational guidance and development of competences

The present "post modern" socio-cultural modalities and the restrictions of the economic globalization lead us to reflect about the configuration of the transformations in the Vocational Guidance, committed to the concepts of "freedom", "epistemological knowledge", "competences of the subject and new roles of the school. This first exploratory incursion if the research has the purpose of retrieving the concept of freedom from the existential philosophers Heidegger and Sartre and of introducing the subject of "competences" from the social theory of Habermas. The aim is to establish new bonds between the Vocational Guidance and the above-mentioned philosophical lineaments: the freedom of the subjects and the possibility of development of those "competences" that allow to establish social, ethical and epistemological interrelations in the sphere of the Vocational Guidance, that promote a greater solidarity facing the "era of emptiness" of the post-modernity supported by Lipovestky.

Publicness and Taken-for-granted Knowledge: A Case Study of Communal Land Formation in Rural Thailand

The lack of public-mindedness can cause problems in the social order of people’s daily lives, such as the tragedy of the commons and the problem of free riders. Some scholars such as Habermas assert that communicative rationality is the solution, expecting that individuals will communicate with each other to reach a consensus without being bounded by aspects of social background. Other scholars advocate the revitalization of traditional community culture. These arguments, however, are not based on reality. By using the case of communal land formation in rural Thailand, the author shows that collective action is neither a revival of tradition nor a result of communication free from social constraints. Rather, cooperation emerges because the people rationally respond to their present needs and have built, through daily social interactions, taken-for-granted knowledge about how they should behave for cooperation.

Habermas y el problema de la verdad

El texto revisa los problemas que ha suscitado el abandono, por parte de Habermas, de una concepción epistémica de la verdad. Este autor ha sostenido que los enunciados descriptivos pueden ser verdaderos o falsos (en un sentido no epistémico) y los juicios morales correctos o incorrectos (en un sentido epistémico). Las expresiones evaluativas no se encontrarían en ninguno de esos casos y no podrían aspirar a una validez independiente del contexto. El artículo examina —a la luz de la literatura— las críticas que esa posición ha suscitado. En general, se ha sostenido que mientras un enunciado descriptivo podría ser verdadero aunque no sepamos cómo justificarlo, no tendría sentido decir que un enunciado moral es correcto aunque no sepamos cómo justificarlo. Ello ocurriría porque mientras el concepto de verdad de Habermas es no epistémico, el concepto de corrección lo es. Para superar esa asimetría, McCarthy ha sugerido un concepto de corrección puramente procedimental; Putnam un concepto de verdad deflacionada; y Lafont una tesis realista tanto en el plano natural como moral.

Analysing organisational culture : a critical ethnography of public relations and personnel specialists in a state bureaucracy

Following an introductory chapter, I examine (i) typologies which have differentiated the literature on organisational culture and symbolism (Chapter 2), (ii) the contribution of organisation theory to organisation culture (Chapter 3), and (iii) recent literature on organisational culture and symbolism (Chapter 4). Within these chapters, I adopt Habermas' (1972) notion of knowledge-constitutive interests, assessing the contrubutions to understanding organisational culture made by literature guided by technical, practical and emancipatory cognitive interests. In doing so, I suggest that more critical studies on organisational culture and symbolism have been comparatively neglected. Lamenting this neglect, I suggest that Giddens' theory of structuration can be employed to advance the development of a critical, emancipatory conceptualisation of organisational culture. In particular, I argue that this Giddensian analysis, by penetrating the existential, poltical and material processes of cultural reproduction (Chapter 5), is able to disclose some of the more contradictory features of organisation culture. The remainder of the thesis comprises of a critical ethnography of the work cultures of public relations and personnel specialists located in a state bureaucracy. I begin the ethnography with a dicussion of my research methods (Chapter 6) and an overview of the departments studied (Chapter 7): I then examine (i) the work cultures of the specialists (Chapter 8), (ii) the specialists' management of the relationships with the hosts bureaucracy (Chapter 9); and, (iii) opportunities the specialists had for developing an emancipatory praxis (Chapter 10). Finally, in a concluding section, I offer some critical reflections on the contributions of the thesis and suggest areas for future research.

Patients' and physicians' experiences of atrial fibrillation consultations and anticoagulation decision-making:a multi-perspective IPA design

OBJECTIVE: To explore patients' and physicians' experiences of atrial fibrillation consultations and oral anticoagulation decision-making. DESIGN: Multi-perspective interpretative phenomenological analyses. METHODS: Participants included small homogeneous subgroups: AF patients who accepted (n=4), refused (n=4), or discontinued (n=3) warfarin, and four physician subgroups (n=4 each group): consultant cardiologists, consultant general physicians, general practitioners and cardiology registrars. Semi-structured interviews were conducted. Transcripts were analysed using multi-perspective IPA analyses to attend to individuals within subgroups and making comparisons within and between groups. RESULTS: Three themes represented patients' experiences: Positioning within the physician-patient dyad, Health-life balance, and Drug myths and fear of stroke. Physicians' accounts generated three themes: Mechanised metaphors and probabilities, Navigating toward the 'right' decision, and Negotiating systemic factors. CONCLUSIONS: This multi-perspective IPA design facilitated an understanding of the diagnostic consultation and treatment decision-making which foregrounded patients' and physicians' experiences. We drew on Habermas' theory of communicative action to recommend broadening the content within consultations and shifting the focus to patients' life contexts. Interventions including specialist multidisciplinary teams, flexible management in primary care, and multifaceted interventions for information provision may enable the creation of an environment that supports genuine patient involvement and participatory decision-making.