Between Hermeneutics and Systematicity

The Habermasian Method of Theorizing

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6415005
AutoresFabian Anicker (0000-0001-5391-8761, Department of Social Sciences , Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf , Düsseldorf , Germany, autor correspondente)
Ano2025
Volume47
Fascículo1
Páginas161-178
Data de publicação2025-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnalyse & Kritik (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0171-5860 • E-ISSN: 2365-9858
EditoraDe Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/auk-2025-2006
OpenAlexW4410931778
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas13

Jürgen Habermas’s work is analyzed as an outstanding combination of hermeneutic sensitivity to different theories and systematic theory integration. Habermas’s theoretical method revolves around a problem-centered understanding of theory that interprets it as a response to specific problems. The methodological reconstruction of key texts shows that he used the distinction of theory and problem as an all-purpose device for interpretation, critique, and theory construction. This method is superior to other, more common ways of integrating theoretical plurality

Epistemology · Hermeneutics · Social science · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History