THE IDEA OF A GRITICAL THEORY Habermas and the Frankfurt School RAYMOND GEUSS CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE LONDON NEW YORK NEW ROCHELLE MELBOURNE SYDNEYPublished by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge ‘The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge csz 1nP 32 East 57th Street, New York, ny 10022, USA 296 Beaconsfield Parade, Middle Park, Melbourne 3208, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1981 First published 1981 Printed in the United States of America British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Geuss, Raymond The idea of a critical theory. - (Modern European philosophy) 1. Frankfurt School of Sociology 1. Title II. Series goi'.or M24 80-42274 ISBN O 521 24072 7 hard covers ISBN 0 521 28422 8 paperbackCONTENTS Editors’ introduction Preface List of abbreviations Introduction Ideology 1 Ideology in the descriptive sense 2 Ideology in the pejorative sense 8 Ideology in the positive sense 4 Ideologiekritik Interests 1 Rea] interests Critical theory 1 Cognitive structure 2 Confirmation 3 Epistemology Works cited Index page vii xi 12 22 26 45 45 55 55 75 88 96 98