Sociological Enlightenments and the Sociology of Political Philosophy
This article examines the implications of Luhmann’s critique of normative political theory, articulated in his conception of a sociological Enlightenment. Rather than viewing his theory, à la Habermas, as a vehement critique of the Enlightenment, it reads his analysis of philosophical and political...
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2012
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Gaia: | This article examines the implications of Luhmann’s critique of normative political theory, articulated in his conception of a sociological Enlightenment. Rather than viewing his theory, à la Habermas, as a vehement critique of the Enlightenment, it reads his analysis of philosophical and political-theoretical method as a reconfiguration of Enlightenment principles, providing a broad-ranging sociological reconstruction of political concepts and institutions. On this basis, Luhmann is seen as constructing foundations for a sociology of political philosophy, which at once resists the normative/deductive antinomism of classical political reflection yet is capable of sustaining normative insights in a fashion not typically associated with sociology. His theory offers a perspective for the reconciliation of philosophy and sociology, which evolved as distinct disciplines after the Enlightenment, and for the immanent fusion of philosophical and sociological evidential structures. |
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