Estudos e Pesquisas em Psicologia
ISSN 1808-4281
LIMA, Aluísio Ferreira de. Jürgen Habermas and the Frankfurtian project: epistemologic separation or continuation of a tradition?. Estud. pesqui. psicol. []. 2011, 11, 1, pp.181-196. ISSN 1808-4281.
In this essay we intend to present what we believe to be the theoretical status of critical theory and explore the dialogue that Jürgen Habermas makes this tradition. Through the presentation of the propositions of Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno and Herbert Marcuse, we want evidence as Habermas has taken the ethical and political commitment to social transformation and human emancipation that characterizes the Frankfurtian project since the first generation, as well as through criticism of Old Masters draw the extension of the meaning of rationality from a new framework of interpretation, beyond the reduction of instrumental reason. Finally, we will show how his theory offers essential for the construction of a critical social psychology
: Social Psychology; Critical Theory; Frankfurt School; Jürgen Habermas; Communicative Action.