Critical theory of justice: on Forst's 'basic structure of justification' from a cognitive-sociological perspective

dc.contributor.authorStrydom, Piet
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-25T12:45:55Z
dc.date.available2019-02-25T12:45:55Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2019-02-25T12:42:10Z
dc.description.abstractThis article offers a perspective on the critical theory of justice by presenting a structural and processual reconstruction of Rainer Forst's intriguing yet somewhat opaque concept of a basic structure of justification which is central to his proposed critique of justificatory relations. It shows from a cognitive-sociological perspective what a cooperative relation between a philosophical theory of justice and a social scientific approach could mean for critical theory. A basic structure of justification is revealed to be a cognitively available reflexive order above the order of substantive social and political relations that allows the identification, explanation and transformative critique of reflexivity deficits induced by hegemonic, ideological, repressive or obfuscating means. Far from being exclusively a theoretical and methodological tool, however, it is in principle accessible to those involved and affected on whose experience, suffering and critique critical theory vitally depends.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationStrydom, P. (2015) 'Critical theory of justice: on Forst's 'basic structure of justification' from a cognitive-sociological perspective', Philosophical Inquiry, 39(2), pp. 110-133. doi:10.5840/philinquiry201539228en
dc.identifier.doi10.5840/philinquiry201539228
dc.identifier.endpage133en
dc.identifier.issn1105-235X
dc.identifier.issn2163-3215
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitlePhilosophical Inquiryen
dc.identifier.startpage110en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7540
dc.identifier.volume39en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPhilosophy Documentation Centeren
dc.relation.urihttps://www.pdcnet.org/philinquiry/content/philinquiry_2015_0039_0002_0110_0133
dc.rights© 2015, Philosophy Documentation Center. All rights reserved.en
dc.subjectCognitive sociologyen
dc.subjectCritical theoryen
dc.subjectCritiqueen
dc.subjectDiscourseen
dc.subjectForsten
dc.subjectJustificationen
dc.subjectPublicen
dc.titleCritical theory of justice: on Forst's 'basic structure of justification' from a cognitive-sociological perspectiveen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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