15/ 3️⃣
I agree that if Philosophy alone cannot propose the sufficient picture of ideal society. But how can we philosophy contribute to such proactive creation of the idea, in the complex ecosystem of thoughts and ideas including scientific knowledge and political, legal, societal measures?

14/ 2️⃣
As soon as we delegate the authority of deciding what is good to discussion, or procedural criteria, we give away the hard decision to something unspecific.

What can be our principle to decide what is more rational? If principles come from lifeworld, what exactly are they?

12/ My questions:

1️⃣ The Role of #Philosophy in Normative Questions

I was a bit disappointed by Habermas’s rejection of philosophy’s role in offering an ideal vision of life or society. While scientific knowledge now dominates the realm of truth, what about the idea of the good?

11/ In essence, philosophy should be a bridge between the lifeworld (pre-theoretical commonsense) and spheres of expertise such as science. Communicative theory is Habermas’s attempt to fulfill this role.

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4️⃣ Reversing the Primacy of Theory over Practice

From Marx to Kuhn, ideas are constructed according to practices of prescientific dealings. The precedence of theory over practice has eroded. Philosophy’s role has also diminished first epistemologically (after Kant) and into linguistic analysis.

8/ The subjectivity is constructed through conversations, shaped by a language embedded in the history and culture of its society. Unlike the tradition of #metaphysics, which preserves a duality between subject and world, #Habermas ’s theory overcomes this division.

6/ #Heidegger’s concept of Dasein was also an attempt to situate reason, moving from #Kant ’s transcendental subjectivity. However, one question remained: how can we establish intersubjectivity? (This issue may also concern #MarxGabriel?)🤝

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2️⃣ Situating Reason

After #Hegel, much efforts were made to criticize Hegelian idealism for prioritizing universality and atemporality, seeking instead to situate reason historically and socially (ex. #Feuerbach, #Marx, and #Kierkegaard).

3/ The 4 themes are:

1️⃣ Postmetaphysical thinking

2️⃣ Situating reason

3️⃣ The linguistic turn

4️⃣ Reversing the primacy of theory over practice

Habermas’s communicative theory weaves these themes together, pushing them forward to resolve metaphysic’s aporias, he argues

2/ Habermas identifies 4 major currents in contemporary philosophy:

📘 Analytic philosophy

📙 #Phenomenology

📕 Western #Marxism

📗 #Structuralism

Although they differ significantly, these traditions share 4 unifying themes that mark their break from traditional philosophy ⬇️

Totally agreed that it is not just about externality. I will take a look at this. Much appreciated!!

Thank you for your comment! I don’t think so. How about you??

Q4. Is decoupling or green growth possible?
Q5. Are current policy proposals enough?

Please let me know what you think, and recommended readings! I will definietly revisit Kohei Saito for starter.

Q3. How do we actually shift mindsets?

If degrowth is primarily about changing rationalities, how do we practically dismantle the dominant growth-centric mindset?

Q2. Is there capitalism’s harms that degrowth can’t address?

If degrowth can’t solve all externalities, like climate change or injustice, what other theories or policies are needed?

Q1. Is growth essential to capitalism?

If so, does degrowth inherently mean rejecting capitalism entirely? Can degrowth coexist with capitalism?

Degrowth critiques growth but doesn’t fully reject it, creating ambiguity in its stance toward capitalism.

7/ Degrowth can be a valuable part of a broader system change—but it might not be enough on its own. Key questions need to be addressed to position it as a true alternative to capitalism or neoliberalism: 🧐

6/ However, because degrowth focuses on mentality, it often struggles with concrete policy proposals, or it is not a priority for them. While ideas like shorter working hours, localization, or expansion of renewable energy are suggested, there’s little proof they alone can create structural change 📊

5/ I used to think degrowth = rejecting all growth, making it incompatible with capitalism. After reading more, I see that its critique of the mindset around growth aligns with ideas of broader system change.