Nietzche-Adorno-Foucault’s Critique of Modern Concept of Reason
The concept of reasoning is one that has spanned the history of philosophy from antediluvian days to modern history constantly being a topic of much debate and discussion. Reason has been hailed as the subject of human intelligence that gives the entire humanity a special position in nature being the epitome characteristic that defines Western philosophy and modern science.. Based on Horkheimer & Adorno, (2002, p 73), the concept of philosophy is surmised and regarded as a way of life based on reason and retrospectively this is due to the reason that in itself, forms one of the most fundamental subjects of philosophy in the entire history of humanity
With this broad description of history, it is no wonder a simple research online on what is there about reason produces hundreds of thousands of results indicating just how important and popular the concept itself is and how it attracts a lot of argumentative traction. Consequently, this serves this analytical paper to analyze the entry and study the proposed critiques of Nietzsche, Horkheimer/Adorno and Foucault …show more content…
Nietzsche famously said, “Human reason is not very reasonable and not only regarding the reason of millennia, but their madness too breaks out in us” and to counter the notion that is in existent of the understanding of restored reason should be defined afresh (Nietzsche, 2006, p 122). This is what he together with his supporters use to critique modern reason and its implications in understanding of modern-day politics. In order to understand these philosophers’ criticism of reason in modern times, three things have to be highlighted: their pragmatic interpretation of reason, the relationship that reason has with different types of life and lastly, the relation reason has with
The concept of reasoning is one that has spanned the history of philosophy from antediluvian days to modern history constantly being a topic of much debate and discussion. Reason has been hailed as the subject of human intelligence that gives the entire humanity a special position in nature being the epitome characteristic that defines Western philosophy and modern science.. Based on Horkheimer & Adorno, (2002, p 73), the concept of philosophy is surmised and regarded as a way of life based on reason and retrospectively this is due to the reason that in itself, forms one of the most fundamental subjects of philosophy in the entire history of humanity
With this broad description of history, it is no wonder a simple research online on what is there about reason produces hundreds of thousands of results indicating just how important and popular the concept itself is and how it attracts a lot of argumentative traction. Consequently, this serves this analytical paper to analyze the entry and study the proposed critiques of Nietzsche, Horkheimer/Adorno and Foucault …show more content…
Nietzsche famously said, “Human reason is not very reasonable and not only regarding the reason of millennia, but their madness too breaks out in us” and to counter the notion that is in existent of the understanding of restored reason should be defined afresh (Nietzsche, 2006, p 122). This is what he together with his supporters use to critique modern reason and its implications in understanding of modern-day politics. In order to understand these philosophers’ criticism of reason in modern times, three things have to be highlighted: their pragmatic interpretation of reason, the relationship that reason has with different types of life and lastly, the relation reason has with