Status kategorii pracy w krytycznej teorii działania komunikacyjnego. Kontrowersje wokół Jürgena Habermasa interakcyjnego pojęcia pracy

• Authors: Krzysztof Nowak

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THE STATUS OF THE CATEGORY OF WORK IN THE CRITICAL THEORY OF COMMUNICATIVE ACTION. THE CONTROVERSY OVER JÜRGEN HABERMAS’ INTERACTIVE CONCEPT OF WORK

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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In this article I investigate the question of normative devaluation of the category of work, which took place in Jürgen Habermas’ critical theory of communicative action. As it turned out, his redefinition of the concept of work was only a part of a broader shift in the area of Critical Theory, that is, a shift from production paradigm (but not work paradigm) to the communication paradigm. In this context I want to show, that the reconceptualization of work was based on the thesis about the end of the work-based society. Next, I am going to present a new critical framework which enabled Jürgen Habermas to make a diagnosis of contemporary condition of the social category of work. Finally, I will argue that the category of work proposed by Jürgen Habermas – despite an opinion of the author of the Theory of communicative action – still possesses – unrealized emancipatory potential.

Keywords

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HABERMAS; CATEGORY OF WORK; CRITICAL THEORY OF COMMUNICATIVE ACTION

• Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza Epigram
• Journal: Filo-Sofija
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 221-242

Contributors

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Krzysztof Nowak