Norm and utopia: the critical theory of Seyla Benhabib

• Grant number: 15/11540-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: September 01, 2015
• End date: February 28, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - Ethics
• Principal Investigator: Yara Adario Frateschi
• Grantee: Ana Cláudia Lopes Silveira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 17/24152-5 - Critique and philosophical justification: Seyla Benhabib and Rainer Forst in dialogue -- again, BE.EP.DD

Abstract

The aim of this proposal is to explore the critical theory of Seyla Benhabib by connecting it to her interactive universalism. In her critical project, Benhabib highlights a philosophical reflexive task of articulating moral criteria that is cardinal to critical exercise. These criteria are particularly formulated in her version of discourse ethics in the framework of an interactive universalism. More specifically, this research intends to investigate the constitutive tension between norm and utopia of her project by focusing on: (i) the tasks of Philosophy; (ii) the normative dimension of interactive universalism; (ii) the role and difficulties for a critical theory that combines the formulation of reflexive criteria with the orientation towards social transformation. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SILVEIRA, Ana Cláudia Lopes. Norm and utopia: the transformation of discourse ethics in the Critical Theory of Seyla Benhabib. 2019. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas Campinas, SP.