Critical theory and social inequality

Bibliographic Data

ID2297755
AuthorsB Rehbein (0000-0002-3003-7432, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume30
Issue3
Pages49-65
Publication date2018-12-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTempo Social (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0103-2070 • E-ISSN: 1809-4554
PublisherUniversidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/0103-2070.ts.2018.145113
OpenAlexW2905218550
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited12

This paper argues that social inequality is possibly the core topic of any critical theory in the social sciences - for epistemological as well as ethical reasons. As the social scientist is part of the scientific object, namely society, the project of science is interdependent with its object. For this reason, the structure of society itself influences the shape of social science. At the same time, the processes and results of the scientific project have an impact on society. Science changes its own object. Epistemological issues are therefore tied to the ethical questions about the social organization of the scientific project, access to science, the structure of society and inequality. If access to science is unequal and if science contributes to inequality, this has to be legitimized scientifically

Epistemology · Inequality · Interdependence · Object (grammar) · Philosophy of social science · Social inequality · Social philosophy · Social relation · Social science · Sociology · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Philosophy