Spatial Form and the Pathologies of Public Reason: Toward a Critical Theory of Space

摘要: At the heart of critical theory is examination forms consciousness and their relation to social structures patterned by administrative-capitalist logics. The pathologies that plague mass societies are seen be expressions specific life lead alienated or reified actively distract subjects from a confrontation with constellations power constitute world. Underlying this research program was tacit acceptance causal between sociostructural domain human life—of economic logics, imperatives rationalized institutions, so on—on one hand content subjective mental states, powers cognition, experience, “lifeworld” on other. This at what we could call classical paradigm where Marxian insights political economy, in form other, were accepted as basis which theorize consciousness. But has been gradually displaced currents contemporary have advocated thesis an emancipatory praxis lies hidden within rhythms everyday life. Whether language communication speech acts, intersubjective recognitive relations awareness injustices, dominant approach concerned these theorists followers pragmatist-inspired critique Marxist idealist ideas predominated theory.