¿Crítica de la colonización como crítica inmanente?

Abstract

This chapter critically evaluates whether Habermas's critique of colonization in "The Theory of Communicative Action" can fulfil the requirements of an immanent social critique. I argue that Habermas develops the distinction between system and life-world to provide a basis for immanent critique, but that he ultimately does not clearly distinguish between a normative and a functionalist model of immanent critique. As an alternative, I develop a model of a fully normative immanent critique of colonization.