The vicissitudes of the politics of "life"
The following article attempts to clarify the ambivalent relationship that Max Horkheimer and Herbert Marcuse developed with the vitalist and phenomenological tendencies that permeated philosophy and the social sciences during the Weimar Republic. More precisely, it traces how both thinkers, in spit...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:203274 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/203274 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/enrahonar.1231 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Frankfurt School Critical theory Irrationalism Conservative revolution Escola de Frankfurt Teoria crítica Irracionalisme Revolució conservadora Escuela de Fráncfort Teoría crítica Irracionalismo Revolución conservadora |
| Sumario: | The following article attempts to clarify the ambivalent relationship that Max Horkheimer and Herbert Marcuse developed with the vitalist and phenomenological tendencies that permeated philosophy and the social sciences during the Weimar Republic. More precisely, it traces how both thinkers, in spite of acknowledging the "truth moment" contained in the criticism that the philosophical exponents of both movements (Husserl, Bergson, Dilthey) developed of 19th century positivism, also recognized in its shallow popularization the advancement of a dangerous philosophical irrationalism, suspicious of science and Enlightenment values, that would soon become an accomplice to the rise of fascism. |
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