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The Contemporary Relevance of The Restructuring of Social and Political Theory

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Bernstein R. J.

Forum Oświatowe

2017

vol. 29

issue 2(58)

11-22

The paper is a transcript of the lecture delivered by Richard J. Bernstein at the University of Lower Silesia on July 17, 2016. It concerns the contemporary relevance of his book The Restructuring of Social and Political Theory, first published in 1979 and recently published in Polish by University of Lower Silesia Press. The author has three aims. First, he wants to examine the book’s context from a historical perspective, reaching back to the French Enlightenment and considering early hopes for what the social sciences might achieve. Second, he wants to focus on the immediate context for writing the book to explain what he set out to show. Finally, he wants to demonstrate the contemporary relevance of his main theses.

Structuralism in social science : obsolete or promising?

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Menšík J.

Teorie vědy (Theory of Science)

2018

vol. 40

issue 2

133-156

Th e approach of structuralism came to philosophy from social science. It was also in social science where, in 1950–1970s, in the form of the French structuralism, the approach gained its widest recognition. Since then, however, the approach fell out of favour in social science. Recently, structuralism is gaining currency in the philosophy of mathematics. Aft er ascertai ning that the two structuralisms indeed share a common core, the question stands whether general structuralism could not fi nd its way back into social science. Th e nature of the major objections raised against French structuralism – concerning its alleged ahistoricism, methodological holism and universalism – are reconsidered. While admittedly grounded as far as French structuralism is concerned, these objections do not aff ect general structuralism as such. Th e fate of French structuralism thus does not seem to preclude the return of general structuralism into social science, rather, it provides some hints where the diffi culties may lie.

Strukturalismus přišel do fi losofi e ze společenských věd. Byly to také společenské vědy kde, v letech 1950–1970 v podobě Francouzského strukturalismu, získal strukturalismus nejširší uznání. Od té doby však jeho popularita ve společenských vědách opadla. V nedávné době však začal strukturalismus nabývat na popularitě ve fi losofi i matematiky. Ukazuje se, že tyto dvě formy strukturalismu mají na obecné úrovni mnoho společného. Otázkou pak je, zda neexistuje možnost, aby se obecně chápaný strukturalismus navrátil do společenských věd. Hlavní námitky proti Francouzskému strukturalismu – jeho ahistorismus, metodologický holismus a universalismus – jsou opětovně uváženy. Ačkoliv jsou námitky relevantní, pokud jde o Francouzský strukturalismus, nejedná se o námitky proti obecnému strukturalismu jako takovému. Osud Francouzského strukturalismu se tak nezdá být překážkou pro případný návrat obecného strukturalismu do společenských věd, spíše poskytuje postřehy, kde by se mohly vyskytnout největší obtíže.

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