@inbook{b65abb2e9b5a421ebd6fccf36cb01bb8,
title = "Post-foundationalism, Systems Theory and the Impossibility of Critique",
abstract = "Should we drop critique just because of its impossibility? This chapter tries to find a way to eat the cake and have it too, insisting in the meaningfulness of having a critical practice taking as point of departure the impossibility of critique. First, we discuss the classical concept of critique and how it ran into problems as demonstrated in many post-foundational theories. Then, we present the work of Luhmann{\textquoteright}s epistemology and its particular problematization of the lack of any stable foundation for critique. Finally, the chapter elaborates on how to respond to the challenges of a foundational critique without abandoning the ambition of committing to a critical sociology.",
keywords = "Post-foundationalism, Systems theory, Luhmann, Critique, Critical sociology, Post-foundationalism, Systems theory, Luhmann, Critique, Critical sociology",
author = "{{\AA}kerstr{\o}m Andersen}, Niels and Erik H{\o}jbjerg and {la Cour}, Anders",
note = "CBS Library does not have access to the material",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-94123-3_15",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319941226",
series = "Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "343--366",
editor = "Tomas Marttila",
booktitle = "Discourse, Culture and Organization",
address = "United Kingdom",
}